Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Young, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Henry Young registered to vote in Harrison County on July 5, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas, 3 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
- 3 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Harrison County
Henry Young
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Young
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- July 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Young in Harrison County
- Dory Youngborn in Maryland, reached Texas about 1848
- Harrison Youngborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1847
- James Youngborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1849
- Lewis Youngborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1849
- Mansel Youngborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1849
Youngs 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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