Bexar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Israel Harper, Bexar County, Texas, 1867
Israel Harper registered to vote in Bexar County on July 8, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bexar County registered 500 freedmen in 1867, 22% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
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In Bexar County
Israel Harper
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Israel Harper
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Bexar County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- July 8, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Harpers 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 11 of the Bexar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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