Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Edward Law, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Edward Law registered to vote in Harrison County on August 27, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 14 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Edward Law
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Edward Law
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 8
- Registered
- August 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 15 months
- Years in the precinct
- 15 months
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 14 years
- Signature, as written
- "E Law"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
14 yearsEdward Law reported 14 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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