Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Foster, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
George Foster registered to vote in Harrison County on July 3, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
George Foster
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Foster
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Place of residence
- Marshall. Harrison County.
- Registered
- July 3, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 10 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Foster in Harrison County
- Carter Fosterborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1849
- Giles Fosterborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1848
- Humphrey Fosterborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1848
- James Fosterborn in Arkansas, reached Texas about 1857
Fosters elsewhere in Texas
Sources
This entry comes from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration, the Texas Secretary of State registration lists held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. It sits on page 15 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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