Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Asa Norman, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Asa Norman registered to vote in Harrison County on August 23, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 4 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Harrison County
Asa Norman
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Asa Norman
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Signature, as written
- "A. Norman"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Norman in Harrison County
- Allen Normanborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1866
- Josephus Normanborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1864
Normans 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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