Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Charles Winters, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Charles Winters registered to vote in Harrison County on July 12, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 4 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
- 17 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
Charles Winters
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Charles Winters
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 4
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- July 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year 6 months
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 17 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
17 yearsCharles Winters reported 17 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Winterses elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Winters
- Winter 6
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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