Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jacob Bussey, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Jacob Bussey registered to vote in Harrison County on July 18, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 11 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
- 11 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1856
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1856 to 1870
Jacob Bussey
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jacob Bussey
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 9
- Place of residence
- Harrison County.
- Registered
- July 18, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 11 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 years
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsJacob Bussey reported 3 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
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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