Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Bird Whitsett, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Bird Whitsett registered to vote in Harrison County on July 12, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 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
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Bird Whitsett
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Bird Whitsett
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 2
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- July 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 15 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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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