Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Nelson Bryant, Harrison County, Texas, 1867

Nelson Bryant registered to vote in Harrison County on August 26, 1867. He reported Kentucky 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.

Born in Kentucky, registered in Harrison County, Texas

Kentucky
Birthplace: 14 years
In Texas: 14 years
In the county: about 1853
Reached Texas

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Nelson Bryant

Texas

Name: Nelson Bryant
Place of birth: Kentucky
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: "J Bryant"
Remarks, as written: "Colored"

Harrison County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Bryant in Harrison County

Allen Bryantborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
Ellis Bryantborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1863
Humphrey Bryantborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1864
Manuel Bryantborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1846
Nelson Bryantborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1859

Bryants elsewhere in Texas

All 53 freedmen named Bryant in Texas

Variations of Bryant

Bryan 15

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 80 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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