Harris County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Andrews, Harris County, Texas, 1867
John Andrews registered to vote in Harris County on June 12, 1867. He reported 8 years in Texas, 6 of them in Harris County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harris County registered 2,039 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
1859186018621864186618681870
Elsewhere in Texas
In Harris County
John Andrews
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Andrews
- County of registration
- Harris County
- Registered
- June 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Harris County
- 6 years
- Years in Texas before Harris County
- 2 years
- Naturalized, how
- "By Reconstruction laws of Congress"
- Naturalized, when
- "1867"
- Naturalized, where
- "Texas"
- Signature, as written
- "Oliver his x mark Johnston"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsJohn Andrews reported 2 years more in Texas than in Harris County.
Andrewses elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Andrews
- Andrew 7
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 1 of the Harris County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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