Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Peter Jimerson, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Peter Jimerson registered to vote in Harrison County on July 6, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
- 9 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
Peter Jimerson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Peter Jimerson
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 4
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- July 6, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 9 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
9 yearsPeter Jimerson reported 9 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Jimerson in Harrison County
- William Jimersonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1866
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 18 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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