Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Green, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
John Green registered to vote in Harrison County on August 23, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 21 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- In the county
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
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In Harrison County
John Green
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Green
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 21 years
- Years in the precinct
- 21 years
- Signature, as written
- "J. Green"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Green in Harrison County
- Aaron Greenborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1848
- Anthony Greenborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1850
- Baylor Greenborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1849
- Coleman Greenborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1861
- E. H. Greenborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1855
Greens elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Green
- Greene 9
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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