Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Samuel Graham, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Samuel Graham registered to vote in Harrison County on July 3, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 14 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 14 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
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In Harrison County
Samuel Graham
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Samuel Graham
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Place of residence
- Marshall. Harrison County.
- Registered
- July 3, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 14 years
- Years in the precinct
- 14 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Graham in Harrison County
- Federick Grahamborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1864
- George Grahamborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1854
- Hence Grahamborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1855
- Henry Grahamborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1854
- Robert Grahamborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1853
Grahams 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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