Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Foster, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
James Foster registered to vote in Harrison County on September 28, 1867. He reported Arkansas as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Arkansas
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
- 9 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
James Foster
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Foster
- Place of birth
- Arkansas
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- September 28, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 8 months
- Years in the precinct
- 8 months
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 9 years
- Signature, as written
- "J Foster"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
9 yearsJames Foster reported 9 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Foster in Harrison County
- Carter Fosterborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1849
- George Fosterborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1857
- Giles Fosterborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1848
- Humphrey Fosterborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1848
Fosters 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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