Liberty County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Richard Jarvis, Liberty County, Texas, 1867
Richard Jarvis registered to vote in Liberty County on August 28, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Liberty County registered 335 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
What the register records
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Richard Jarvis
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Liberty County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 28, 1867
- Signature, as written
- "Richard his x mark Harris"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Jarvises 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 10 of the Liberty County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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