Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James H. Hynson, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
James H. Hynson registered to vote in Harrison County. He reported Texas 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.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- In the county
What the register records
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James H. Hynson
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 21 years
- Years in the precinct
- 21 years
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Other freedmen named Hynson in Harrison County
- Frielden Hynsonborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1846
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. Harrison County's entries fill 92 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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