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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Mississippi and Texas marked
Born in Mississippi, registered in Harrison County, Texas
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"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Harrison County highlighted
Harrison County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Young in Harrison County

Youngs elsewhere in Texas

All 93 freedmen named Young 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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