Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Bartley Garden, Harrison County, Texas, 1867

Bartley Garden registered to vote in Harrison County on August 22, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 1 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored. Residence forfeited by living in Louisiana last year" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Born in Texas, registered in Harrison County
Texas
Birthplace
21 years
In Texas
1 year
In the county
20 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1846 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Harrison County

Bartley Garden

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Bartley Garden
Place of birth
Texas
County of registration
Harrison County
Precinct
2
Registered
August 22, 1867
Years in Texas
21 years
Years in Harrison County
1 year
Years in the precinct
1 year
Years in Texas before Harrison County
20 years
Signature, as written
"B. Gardner"
Remarks, as written
"Colored. Residence forfeited by living in Louisiana last year"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Harrison County highlighted
Harrison County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

20 years

Bartley Garden reported 20 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.

Other freedmen named Garden in Harrison County

Gardens elsewhere in Texas

All 5 freedmen named Garden 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 76 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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