Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Neal, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
George Neal registered to vote in Harrison County on August 23, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 6 years
- In Texas
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
- 5 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
George Neal
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Neal
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 7 months
- Years in the precinct
- 7 months
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 5 years
- Signature, as written
- "J Neals"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
5 yearsGeorge Neal reported 5 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Neal in Harrison County
- Andrew Nealborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1849
- Ceaser Nealborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1848
- Ceaser Nealborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1850
- Colonel Nealborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1855
- John Nealborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1860
Neals 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 77 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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