Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Addison Graves, Harrison County, Texas, 1867

Addison Graves registered to vote in Harrison County on July 6, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with North Carolina and Texas marked
Born in North Carolina, registered in Harrison County, Texas
North Carolina
Birthplace
14 years
In Texas
about 1853
Reached Texas
13 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1853 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Harrison County

Addison Graves

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Addison Graves
Place of birth
North Carolina
County of registration
Harrison County
Precinct
4
Place of residence
Harrison County
Registered
July 6, 1867
Years in Texas
14 years
Years in Harrison County
6 months
Years in the precinct
6 months
Years in Texas before Harrison County
13 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Harrison County highlighted
Harrison County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

13 years

Addison Graves reported 13 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.

Other freedmen named Graves in Harrison County

Graveses elsewhere in Texas

All 34 freedmen named Graves 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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