Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Samuel Nighton, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Samuel Nighton registered to vote in Harrison County on August 26, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas, 1 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
- 6 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
- 5 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Samuel Nighton
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Samuel Nighton
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 8
- Registered
- August 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 5 years
- Signature, as written
- "J Nighton"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
5 yearsSamuel Nighton reported 5 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Nighton in Harrison County
- Jacob Nightonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1848
- John Nightonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1853
- Thomas Nightonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1847
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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