Comal County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

James Harden, Comal County, Texas, 1867

James Harden registered to vote in Comal County on July 22, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 2 of them in Comal County. Comal County registered 76 freedmen in 1867, 9% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Kentucky and Texas marked
Born in Kentucky, registered in Comal County, Texas
Kentucky
Birthplace
13 years
In Texas
2 years
In the county
about 1854
Reached Texas
11 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1854 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Comal County

James Harden

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
James Harden
Place of birth
Kentucky
County of registration
Comal County
Registered
July 22, 1867
Years in Texas
13 years
Years in Comal County
2 years
Years in Texas before Comal County
11 years
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Comal County highlighted
Comal County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

11 years

James Harden reported 11 years more in Texas than in Comal County.

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 2 of the Comal County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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