Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Madison Knox, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Madison Knox registered to vote in Harrison County on July 10, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 12 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
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In Harrison County
Madison Knox
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Madison Knox
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 4
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- July 10, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Knox in Harrison County
- Ross Knoxborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1853
- Samuel Knoxborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1853
- Simon Knoxborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1853
- William Knoxborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1846
Knoxes 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 23 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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