Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Butler McPherson, Harrison County, Texas, 1868
Butler McPherson registered to vote in Harrison County on January 29, 1868. He reported Maryland as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 4 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Maryland
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Butler McPherson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Butler McPherson
- Place of birth
- Maryland
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- January 29, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Signature, as written
- "B. McPherson"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
McPhersons 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 85 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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