Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

William Washington, Harrison County, Texas, 1867

William Washington registered to vote in Harrison County on July 16, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace. 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 Tennessee and Texas marked
Born in Tennessee, registered in Harrison County, Texas
Tennessee
Birthplace
about 1867
Reached Texas

What the register records

From 1860 to 1870

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In Harrison County

William Washington

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
William Washington
Place of birth
Tennessee
County of registration
Harrison County
Precinct
5
Place of residence
Harrison County
Registered
July 16, 1867
Years in Texas
3 months
Years in Harrison County
3 months
Years in the precinct
3 months
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Harrison County highlighted
Harrison County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Washington in Harrison County

Washingtons elsewhere in Texas

All 262 freedmen named Washington 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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