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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Alabama and Texas marked
Born in Alabama, registered in Harrison County, Texas
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

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Harrison County

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"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Harrison County highlighted
Harrison County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

5 years

Thomas Fillmore reported 5 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.

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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