Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Alford Reese, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Alford Reese registered to vote in Harrison County on July 16, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 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
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
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In Harrison County
Alford Reese
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Alford Reese
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 8
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- July 16, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year 6 months
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Reese in Harrison County
- Edmund Reeseborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1855
- Simon Reeseborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1859
Reeses 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 31 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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