Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Ned Arnett, Harrison County, Texas, 1868
Ned Arnett registered to vote in Harrison County on January 31, 1868. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 21 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
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In Harrison County
Ned Arnett
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Ned Arnett
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- January 31, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 21 years
- Years in the precinct
- 9 years
- Signature, as written
- "T. Arnett"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Arnett in Harrison County
- Jackson Arnettborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1857
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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