Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Isaac Covin, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Isaac Covin registered to vote in Harrison County on July 8, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 11 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 11 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
- 9 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
Isaac Covin
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Isaac Covin
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- July 8, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 11 years
- Years in the precinct
- 11 years
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 9 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
9 yearsIsaac Covin reported 9 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
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 20 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
African American genealogy in Harrison County, Texas
Harrison County freedmen and genealogyEvery freedman who registered in Harrison CountyThe Covin name in TexasBorn in TennesseeSearch Harrison County by name