Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Bristow, Harrison County, Texas, 1869
James Bristow registered to vote in Harrison County on November 16, 1869. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "J Brister" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
- 4 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
James Bristow
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Bristow
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- November 16, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 10 months
- Years in the precinct
- 10 months
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 4 years
- Naturalized, how
- "Miss"
- Signature, as written
- "J. Brutus (x)"
- Remarks, as written
- "J Brister"
Elsewhere in Texas
4 yearsJames Bristow reported 4 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Bristows 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 87 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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