Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Abram Searcy, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Abram Searcy registered to vote in Harrison County on July 10, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas, 1 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
- 1 year
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Harrison County
Abram Searcy
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Abram Searcy
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- July 10, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Harrison County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Searcys 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 24 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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