Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Barnett Ham, Harrison County, Texas, 1869

Barnett Ham registered to vote in Harrison County on November 16, 1869. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with North Carolina and Texas marked
Born in North Carolina, registered in Harrison County, Texas
North Carolina
Birthplace
13 years
In Texas
about 1856
Reached Texas
12 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1856 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Harrison County

Barnett Ham

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Barnett Ham
Place of birth
North Carolina
County of registration
Harrison County
Precinct
5
Registered
November 16, 1869
Years in Texas
13 years
Years in Harrison County
2 months
Years in the precinct
2 years
Years in Texas before Harrison County
12 years
Signature, as written
"B " Razor"
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Harrison County highlighted
Harrison County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

12 years

Barnett Ham reported 12 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.

Other freedmen named Ham in Harrison County

  • Squire Hamborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1857

Hams elsewhere in Texas

All 5 freedmen named Ham 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 86 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

African American genealogy in Harrison County, Texas

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