Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Gibson, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
William Gibson registered to vote in Harrison County on July 18, 1867. He reported Missouri as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas, 1 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Missouri
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Harrison County
William Gibson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Gibson
- Place of birth
- Missouri
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 4
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- July 18, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Harrison County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Gibson in Harrison County
- Benjamin Gibsonborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1850
- George Gibsonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1862
- Jack Gibsonborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1846
- Richard Gibsonborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1864
- Robert Gibsonborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1858
Gibsons 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 34 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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