Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Daniel Marsh, Harrison County, Texas, 1867

Daniel Marsh registered to vote in Harrison County on July 19, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Tennessee and Texas marked
Born in Tennessee, registered in Harrison County, Texas
Tennessee
Birthplace
4 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 Harrison County

Daniel Marsh

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Daniel Marsh
Place of birth
Tennessee
County of registration
Harrison County
Precinct
6
Registered
July 19, 1867
Years in Texas
4 years
Years in Harrison County
6 years
Years in the precinct
6 years
Signature, as written
"H. March"
Remarks, as written
"colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Harrison County highlighted
Harrison County on the 1870 county map

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 36 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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