Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Francis Marion, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Francis Marion registered to vote in Harrison County on July 20, 1867. He reported Missouri as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 2 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Missouri
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Francis Marion
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Francis Marion
- Place of birth
- Missouri
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- July 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 18 months
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 2 years
- Signature, as written
- "J. Marion"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsFrancis Marion reported 2 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Marions 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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