Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Isaac Sherrod, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Isaac Sherrod registered to vote in Harrison County on July 18, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas, 3 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 6 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Isaac Sherrod
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Isaac Sherrod
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 3
- Place of residence
- Harrison County.
- Registered
- July 18, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsIsaac Sherrod reported 3 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Sherrods 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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