Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Peter Silas, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Peter Silas registered to vote in Harrison County on July 5, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 12 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
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In Harrison County
Peter Silas
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Peter Silas
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 4
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- July 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Silas in Harrison County
- Henry Silasborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1853
- Lawson Silasborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1847
Silases 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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