Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Manuel Greer, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Manuel Greer registered to vote in Harrison County on July 18, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 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
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
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In Harrison County
Manuel Greer
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Manuel Greer
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Place of residence
- Harrison County.
- Registered
- July 18, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Greer in Harrison County
- Ephraim Greerborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1847
- Owen Greerborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1851
- Robert Greerborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1859
Greers 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 35 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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