Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Green Kennedy, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Green Kennedy registered to vote in Harrison County on July 9, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 3 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
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
- 18 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
Green Kennedy
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Green Kennedy
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 6
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- July 9, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year 6 months
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 18 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
18 yearsGreen Kennedy reported 18 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Kennedy in Harrison County
- Alex Kennedyborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1852
- Carroll Kennedyborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1846
- James Kennedyborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1846
- Milton Kennedyborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
- Solomon Kennedyborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1846
Kennedys 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 22 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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