Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Nelson Bryant, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Nelson Bryant registered to vote in Harrison County on July 8, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 5 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
Nelson Bryant
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Nelson Bryant
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 11
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- July 8, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 5 years
- Years in the precinct
- 5 years
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsNelson Bryant reported 3 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Bryant in Harrison County
- Allen Bryantborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
- Ellis Bryantborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1863
- Humphrey Bryantborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1864
- Manuel Bryantborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1846
- Nelson Bryantborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1853
Bryants elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Bryant
- Bryan 15
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 21 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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