Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Gabriel Wells, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Gabriel Wells registered to vote in Harrison County on August 27, 1867. He reported Mississippi 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.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 14 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Gabriel Wells
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Gabriel Wells
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 9
- Registered
- August 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 7 months
- Years in the precinct
- 7 months
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 14 years
- Signature, as written
- "J Mills"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
14 yearsGabriel Wells reported 14 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Wells in Harrison County
- Aaron Wellsborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1850
- Calvin Wellsborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1855
- Gates Wellsborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1852
- George Wellsborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1852
- Henry Wellsborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1854
Wellses 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 81 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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