Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Wells, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Henry Wells registered to vote in Harrison County on July 11, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 6 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
- 7 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
Henry Wells
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Wells
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 4
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- July 11, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 6 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 7 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
7 yearsHenry Wells reported 7 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Wells in Harrison County
- Aaron Wellsborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1850
- Calvin Wellsborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1855
- Gabriel Wellsborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1852
- Gates Wellsborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1852
- George Wellsborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1852
Wellses 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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