Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Neal, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
John Neal registered to vote in Harrison County on July 12, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas, 7 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 7 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
John Neal
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Neal
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 7
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- July 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 7 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Neal in Harrison County
- Andrew Nealborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1849
- Ceaser Nealborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1848
- Ceaser Nealborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1850
- Colonel Nealborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1855
- George Nealborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1861
Neals 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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