Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Harry Gess, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Harry Gess registered to vote in Harrison County on July 15, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas, 6 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 6 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Harrison County
Harry Gess
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Harry Gess
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- July 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 6 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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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