Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Branch, Harrison County, Texas, 1869
William Branch registered to vote in Harrison County on November 16, 1869. He reported Arkansas as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Arkansas
- Birthplace
- 6 years
- In Texas
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
- 5 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
William Branch
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Branch
- Place of birth
- Arkansas
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 16, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 4 months
- Years in the precinct
- 4 months
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 5 years
- Naturalized, how
- "Ga"
- Signature, as written
- "N. Bennett (x)"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
5 yearsWilliam Branch reported 5 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Branch in Harrison County
- Solomon Branchborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1858
- Stephen Branchborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1849
Branches 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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