Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Lewis Dunn, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Lewis Dunn registered to vote in Harrison County on July 5, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 21 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- In the county
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
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In Harrison County
Lewis Dunn
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Lewis Dunn
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 3
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- July 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 21 years
- Years in the precinct
- 21 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Dunn in Harrison County
- Caswell Dunnborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1855
- Ceaser Dunnborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1848
- Clayborne Dunnborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1865
- David Dunnborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1852
- Solomon Dunnborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1848
Dunns 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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