Kaufman County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Edmon Harden, Kaufman County, Texas, 1868
Edmon Harden registered to vote in Kaufman County on January 31, 1868. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 11 years in Texas, 3 of them in Kaufman County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Kaufman County registered 189 freedmen in 1867, 18% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 11 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
- 8 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
Edmon Harden
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Edmon Harden
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Kaufman County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- January 31, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 11 years
- Years in Kaufman County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years
- Years in Texas before Kaufman County
- 8 years
- Signature, as written
- "Edmon Harden"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
8 yearsEdmon Harden reported 8 years more in Texas than in Kaufman County.
Other freedmen named Harden in Kaufman County
- Henson Hardenborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1856
- Perry Hardenborn in Arkansas, reached Texas about 1863
Hardens 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 18 of the Kaufman County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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