Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

George Green, Harrison County, Texas, 1867

George Green registered to vote in Harrison County on July 13, 1867. He reported Mississippi 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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Mississippi and Texas marked
Born in Mississippi, registered in Harrison County, Texas
Mississippi
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

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Harrison County

George Green

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
George Green
Place of birth
Mississippi
County of registration
Harrison County
Precinct
3
Place of residence
Harrison County
Registered
July 13, 1867
Years in Texas
21 years
Years in Harrison County
4 years
Years in the precinct
4 years
Years in Texas before Harrison County
17 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

17 years

George Green reported 17 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.

Other freedmen named Green in Harrison County

Greens elsewhere in Texas

All 225 freedmen named Green in Texas

Variations of Green

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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