Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joseph Wilborne, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Joseph Wilborne registered to vote in Harrison County on July 5, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
- 15 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
Joseph Wilborne
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joseph Wilborne
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 9
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- July 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 5 months
- Years in the precinct
- 5 months
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 15 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
15 yearsJoseph Wilborne reported 15 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Wilborne in Harrison County
- Alex Wilborneborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1851
- Alexander Wilborneborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1851
- Harry Wilborneborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1847
- Nathan Wilborneborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1850
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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