Liberty County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Thornton Hardy, Liberty County, Texas, 1869
Thornton Hardy registered to vote in Liberty County on November 20, 1869. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas, 6 of them in Liberty County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Liberty County registered 335 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 6 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Liberty County
Thornton Hardy
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Thornton Hardy
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Liberty County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 20, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Liberty County
- 6 years
- Signature, as written
- "Thornton his x mark Early"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Hardy in Liberty County
- Edmond Hardyborn in South Carolina
Hardys 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 Liberty County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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