Harris County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Mike Alexander, Harris County, Texas, 1867
Mike Alexander registered to vote in Harris County on June 12, 1867. He reported 4 years in Texas, 4 of them in Harris County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harris County registered 2,039 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Harris County
Mike Alexander
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Mike Alexander
- County of registration
- Harris County
- Registered
- June 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Harris County
- 4 years
- Naturalized, how
- "By Reconstruction laws of Congress"
- Naturalized, when
- "1867"
- Naturalized, where
- "Texas"
- Signature, as written
- "Wesley his x mark Prewit"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Alexanders 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 1 of the Harris County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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