Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Everett, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
George Everett registered to vote in Harrison County on July 19, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 19 years in Texas, 12 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 19 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1848
- Reached Texas
- 7 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1848 to 1870
George Everett
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Everett
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 4
- Place of residence
- Harrison County.
- Registered
- July 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 19 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 7 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
7 yearsGeorge Everett reported 7 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Everett in Harrison County
- Hoit Everettborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1863
Everetts 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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