Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Charles Wright, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Charles Wright registered to vote in Harrison County on August 27, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 11 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 11 years
- In Texas
- about 1856
- Reached Texas
- 10 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1856 to 1870
Charles Wright
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Charles Wright
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 8
- Registered
- August 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 11 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 8 months
- Years in the precinct
- 8 months
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 10 years
- Signature, as written
- "C Wright"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
10 yearsCharles Wright reported 10 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Wright in Harrison County
- Clayborne Wrightborn in Missouri, reached Texas about 1846
- David Wrightborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1846
- Handy Wrightborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1849
- Joseph Wrightborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1858
- Lewis Wrightborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1846
Wrights 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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