Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Samuel Knox, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Samuel Knox registered to vote in Harrison County on August 26, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 14 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
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 14 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
Samuel Knox
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Samuel Knox
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 8
- Registered
- August 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 14 years
- Years in the precinct
- 14 years
- Signature, as written
- "S. Knox."
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Knox in Harrison County
- Madison Knoxborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1855
- Ross Knoxborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1853
- Simon Knoxborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1853
- William Knoxborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1846
Knoxes 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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