Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Harrison Mackery, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Harrison Mackery registered to vote in Colorado County on August 15, 1867. He reported Maryland as his birthplace and 22 years in Texas, 22 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Maryland
- Birthplace
- 22 years
- In Texas
- 22 years
- In the county
- about 1845
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1845 to 1870
Harrison Mackery
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Harrison Mackery
- Place of birth
- Maryland
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- August 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 22 years
- Years in the precinct
- 22 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 40 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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