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.
- 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
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"
Elsewhere in Texas
13 yearsAddison Graves reported 13 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Graves in Harrison County
- Daniel Gravesborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1846
- Ephraim Gravesborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1846
- George Gravesborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
- Goot H. Gravesborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
- Samuel Gravesborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1846
Graveses 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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