Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Samuel Simpson, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Samuel Simpson registered to vote in Harrison County on July 13, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 8 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
Samuel Simpson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Samuel Simpson
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 4
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- July 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Simpsons 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 28 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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