Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Collin Gorden, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Collin Gorden registered to vote in Harrison County on July 3, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 21 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- In the county
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
Collin Gorden
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Collin Gorden
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 3
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- July 3, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 21 years
- Years in the precinct
- 21 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Gordens 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 14 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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