Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Nathaniel Phillips, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Nathaniel Phillips registered to vote in Harrison County on July 13, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 21 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- In the county
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
Nathaniel Phillips
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Nathaniel Phillips
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 4
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- July 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 21 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year 6 months
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Phillips in Harrison County
- Aaron Phillipsborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1855
- Abram Phillipsborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1846
- Charles Phillipsborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1846
- James Phillipsborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1862
- Seyborne Phillipsborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1849
Phillipses elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Phillips
- Philips 20
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 28 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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