Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Washington, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
James Washington registered to vote in Harrison County on September 27, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 12 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
James Washington
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Washington
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- September 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Signature, as written
- "J Washington"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Washington in Harrison County
- Abram Washingtonborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1850
- George Washingtonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1846
- George Washingtonborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1857
- George Washingtonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1846
- George Washingtonborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1846
Washingtons 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 84 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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