Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Simon Reese, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Simon Reese registered to vote in Harrison County on July 17, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 8 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
Simon Reese
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Simon Reese
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Place of residence
- Marshall
- Registered
- July 17, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Reese in Harrison County
- Alford Reeseborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1852
- Edmund Reeseborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1855
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 33 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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