Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Calvin Wells, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Calvin Wells registered to vote in Harrison County on August 22, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
- 11 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
Calvin Wells
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Calvin Wells
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 7 months
- Years in the precinct
- 7 months
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 11 years
- Signature, as written
- "J. Wells"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
11 yearsCalvin Wells reported 11 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Wells in Harrison County
- Aaron Wellsborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1850
- Gabriel Wellsborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1852
- Gates Wellsborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1852
- George Wellsborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1852
- Henry Wellsborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1854
Wellses 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 76 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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