Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Simeon Womack, Harrison County, Texas, 1867

Simeon Womack registered to vote in Harrison County on July 3, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 12 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with North Carolina and Texas marked
Born in North Carolina, registered in Harrison County, Texas
North Carolina
Birthplace
12 years
In Texas
12 years
In the county
about 1855
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1855 to 1870

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In Harrison County

Simeon Womack

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Simeon Womack
Place of birth
North Carolina
County of registration
Harrison County
Precinct
5
Place of residence
Marshall. Harrison County.
Registered
July 3, 1867
Years in Texas
12 years
Years in Harrison County
12 years
Years in the precinct
12 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Harrison County highlighted
Harrison County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Womack in Harrison County

Womacks elsewhere in Texas

All 8 freedmen named Womack 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 14 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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