Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Hampton McCray, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Hampton McCray registered to vote in Harrison County on July 12, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 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
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
Hampton McCray
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Hampton McCray
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 2
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- July 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 10 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named McCray in Harrison County
- Abram McCrayborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1858
- Samuel McCrayborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1846
McCrays 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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