Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Jacobs, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
William Jacobs registered to vote in Harrison County on July 13, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 19 years in Texas, 19 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 19 years
- In Texas
- 19 years
- In the county
- about 1848
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1848 to 1870
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In Harrison County
William Jacobs
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Jacobs
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 2
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- July 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 19 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 19 years
- Years in the precinct
- 19 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Jacobs in Harrison County
- Austin Jacobsborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1847
- Moses Jacobsborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1847
- Perry Jacobsborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1851
- Quincy Jacobsborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1846
Jacobses 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 29 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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