Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Samuel Marler, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Samuel Marler registered to vote in Harrison County on July 19, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Samuel Marler
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Samuel Marler
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- July 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 15 years
- Signature, as written
- "J. Marler"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Other freedmen named Marler in Harrison County
- George Marlerborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1851
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 37 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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