Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Samuel Haggerty, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Samuel Haggerty registered to vote in Harrison County on July 5, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 1 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
- 17 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
Samuel Haggerty
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Samuel Haggerty
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 2
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- July 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 17 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
17 yearsSamuel Haggerty reported 17 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Haggerty in Harrison County
- Alex Haggertyborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1847
- Daniel Haggertyborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1846
- Daniel Haggertyborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1852
- Daniel Haggertyborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1846
- Enoch Haggertyborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1846
Haggertys 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 16 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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