Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Ceaser Patterson, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Ceaser Patterson registered to vote in Harrison County on July 10, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 18 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 18 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
Ceaser Patterson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Ceaser Patterson
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 3
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- July 10, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 18 years
- Years in the precinct
- 18 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Patterson in Harrison County
- Alex Pattersonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1848
- Jordan Pattersonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1857
- Nelson Pattersonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1849
- Reuben Pattersonborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1848
- Robert Pattersonborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1850
Pattersons 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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