Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Reed, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
John Reed registered to vote in Harrison County on July 6, 1867. He reported District of Columbia as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 9 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- District of Columbia
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 9 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
John Reed
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Reed
- Place of birth
- District of Columbia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 4
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- July 6, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 9 years
- Years in the precinct
- 9 years
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsJohn Reed reported 3 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Reed in Harrison County
- Abner Reedborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1846
- Cain Reedborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1847
- Edmund Reedborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1866
- James Reedborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1849
- Paul Reedborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1855
Reeds 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 18 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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