Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Chisley Hervey, Harrison County, Texas, 1867

Chisley Hervey registered to vote in Harrison County on July 12, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Tennessee and Texas marked
Born in Tennessee, registered in Harrison County, Texas
Tennessee
Birthplace
15 years
In Texas
about 1852
Reached Texas
14 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1852 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Harrison County

Chisley Hervey

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Chisley Hervey
Place of birth
Tennessee
County of registration
Harrison County
Precinct
4
Place of residence
Harrison County
Registered
July 12, 1867
Years in Texas
15 years
Years in Harrison County
6 months
Years in the precinct
6 months
Years in Texas before Harrison County
14 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Harrison County highlighted
Harrison County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

14 years

Chisley Hervey reported 14 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.

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 27 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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