Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Kirkpatrick, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
George Kirkpatrick registered to vote in Harrison County on August 26, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 11 years in Texas, 11 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 11 years
- In Texas
- 11 years
- In the county
- about 1856
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1856 to 1870
George Kirkpatrick
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Kirkpatrick
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 8
- Registered
- August 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 11 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 11 years
- Years in the precinct
- 11 years
- Signature, as written
- "G. Kirkpatrick"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Kirkpatrick in Harrison County
- Washington Kirkpatrickborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1850
Kirkpatricks 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 79 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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