Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Ben Hubbard, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Ben Hubbard registered to vote in Harrison County on August 22, 1867. He reported Arkansas as his birthplace and 17 years in Texas, 17 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Arkansas
- Birthplace
- 17 years
- In Texas
- 17 years
- In the county
- about 1850
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1850 to 1870
Ben Hubbard
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Ben Hubbard
- Place of birth
- Arkansas
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 17 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 17 years
- Years in the precinct
- 17 years
- Signature, as written
- "B. Hubbard"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Hubbard in Harrison County
- Clarence Hubbardborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1849
- John Hubbardborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1849
- John Hubbardborn in Maryland, reached Texas about 1850
Hubbards 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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