Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joseph Garrett, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Joseph Garrett registered to vote in Harrison County on July 19, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas, 2 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Joseph Garrett
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joseph Garrett
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 4
- Place of residence
- Harrison County.
- Registered
- July 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearJoseph Garrett reported 1 year more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Garrett in Harrison County
- Austin Garrettborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1847
- Walker Garrettborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1849
Garretts elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Garrett
- Garret 8
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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