Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

C.J. Day, Harrison County, Texas, 1867

C.J. Day registered to vote in Harrison County on August 28, 1867. He reported Arkansas as his birthplace and 19 years in Texas, 1 of them in Harrison County. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Arkansas and Texas marked
Born in Arkansas, registered in Harrison County, Texas
Arkansas
Birthplace
19 years
In Texas
1 year
In the county
about 1848
Reached Texas
18 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1848 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Harrison County

C.J. Day

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
C.J. Day
Place of birth
Arkansas
County of registration
Harrison County
Precinct
8
Registered
August 28, 1867
Years in Texas
19 years
Years in Harrison County
1 year
Years in the precinct
1 year
Years in Texas before Harrison County
18 years
Signature, as written
"J. J. Day"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Harrison County highlighted
Harrison County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

18 years

C.J. Day reported 18 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 82 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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