Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Thomas Fillmore, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Thomas Fillmore registered to vote in Harrison County on August 27, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 8 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
- 5 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
Thomas Fillmore
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Thomas Fillmore
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 8
- Registered
- August 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 years
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 5 years
- Signature, as written
- "J Fillmore"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
5 yearsThomas Fillmore reported 5 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Fillmores 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 80 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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