Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joseph Long, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Joseph Long registered to vote in Harrison County on July 19, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 12 of them in Harrison County. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
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In Harrison County
Joseph Long
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joseph Long
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 12 years
- Signature, as written
- "Joseph Skaggs"
Other freedmen named Long in Harrison County
- Charles Longborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1846
- Gideon Longborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1846
- Spi Longborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1858
Longs 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 37 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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