Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Jimerson, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
William Jimerson registered to vote in Harrison County on July 6, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas, 1 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Harrison County
William Jimerson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Jimerson
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- July 6, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 1 year 6 months
- Years in Harrison County
- 1 year 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Jimerson in Harrison County
- Peter Jimersonborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1857
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 17 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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