Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Christopher Butler, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Christopher Butler registered to vote in Harrison County on July 6, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
- 11 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
Christopher Butler
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Christopher Butler
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 6
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- July 6, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 11 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
11 yearsChristopher Butler reported 11 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Butler in Harrison County
- Abram Butlerborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1848
- Elbert Butlerborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1849
- Jack Butlerborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1848
- James Butlerborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1847
- Spencer Butlerborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1849
Butlers 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 19 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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