Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Tony Means, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Tony Means registered to vote in Harrison County on July 11, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 21 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
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- In the county
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
Tony Means
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Tony Means
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- July 11, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 21 years
- Years in the precinct
- 15 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Means in Harrison County
- Neal Meansborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1857
Meanses 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 25 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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