Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Seyborne Phillips, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Seyborne Phillips registered to vote in Harrison County on August 26, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 2 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
- 16 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
Seyborne Phillips
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Seyborne Phillips
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 8
- Registered
- August 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 16 years
- Signature, as written
- "S Phillip"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
16 yearsSeyborne Phillips reported 16 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Phillips in Harrison County
- Aaron Phillipsborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1855
- Abram Phillipsborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1846
- Charles Phillipsborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1846
- James Phillipsborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1862
- Nathaniel Phillipsborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1846
Phillipses elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Phillips
- Philips 20
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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