Harris County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Edmund, Harris County, Texas, 1867
Henry Edmund registered to vote in Harris County on June 12, 1867. He reported 8 years in Texas, 8 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
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
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In Harris County
Henry Edmund
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Edmund
- County of registration
- Harris County
- Registered
- June 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Harris County
- 8 years
- Naturalized, how
- "By Reconstruction laws of Congress"
- Naturalized, when
- "1867"
- Naturalized, where
- "Texas"
- Signature, as written
- "Green his x mark Williams"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Edmunds 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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