Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Silas, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Henry Silas registered to vote in Harrison County on July 12, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 14 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
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 14 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
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In Harrison County
Henry Silas
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Silas
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- July 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 14 years
- Years in the precinct
- 14 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Silas in Harrison County
- Lawson Silasborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1847
- Peter Silasborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1855
Silases 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 26 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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