Victoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Abram Harper, Victoria County, Texas, 1867
Abram Harper registered to vote in Victoria County on June 29, 1867. He reported 1 year in Texas, 1 of them in Victoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Victoria County registered 419 freedmen in 1867, 48% of its voters.
- 1 year
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Victoria County
Abram Harper
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Abram Harper
- County of registration
- Victoria County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- June 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Victoria County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Naturalized, how
- "By the naturalization of his Parents"
- Signature, as written
- "Harrison his X mark Pogue"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Harper in Victoria County
- Daniel Harperreached Texas about 1866
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 9 of the Victoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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