Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Alex Wilborne, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Alex Wilborne registered to vote in Harrison County on July 17, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 16 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.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
- 10 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
Alex Wilborne
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Alex Wilborne
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 4
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- July 17, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 6 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 10 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
10 yearsAlex Wilborne reported 10 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Wilborne in Harrison County
- Alexander Wilborneborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1851
- Harry Wilborneborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1847
- Joseph Wilborneborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1851
- Nathan Wilborneborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1850
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 33 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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