Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Samuel Atkinson, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Samuel Atkinson registered to vote in Harrison County on July 13, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 17 years in Texas, 1 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 17 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1850
- Reached Texas
- 16 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1850 to 1870
Samuel Atkinson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Samuel Atkinson
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 7
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- July 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 17 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 1 year 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year 6 months
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 16 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
16 yearsSamuel Atkinson reported 16 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Atkinson in Harrison County
- Allen Atkinsonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1849
- Harrison Atkinsonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1851
Atkinsons elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Atkinson
- Atkins 5
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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