Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Primus Breazreale, Harrison County, Texas, 1867

Primus Breazreale registered to vote in Harrison County. He reported 23 years in Texas, 23 of them in Harrison County. 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 Texas marked
Registered in Harrison County, Texas
23 years
In Texas
23 years
In the county

What the register records

The register entry, column by column

Name
Primus Breazreale
County of registration
Harrison County
Precinct
6
Years in Texas
23 years
Years in Harrison County
23 years
Years in the precinct
23 years
Remarks, as written
"colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Harrison County highlighted
Harrison County on the 1870 county map

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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