Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jeff Willis, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Jeff Willis registered to vote in Harrison County on August 22, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 17 years 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.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 17 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1850
- Reached Texas
- 16 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1850 to 1870
Jeff Willis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jeff Willis
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 17 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 16 years
- Signature, as written
- "J. L. Miles"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
16 yearsJeff Willis reported 16 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Willis in Harrison County
- Patrick Willisborn in Arkansas, reached Texas about 1846
Willises 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 75 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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