Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joshua Choice, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Joshua Choice registered to vote in Harrison County on July 20, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
- 9 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
Joshua Choice
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joshua Choice
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- July 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 18 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 9 years
- Signature, as written
- "J. Choice"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
9 yearsJoshua Choice reported 9 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Choice in Harrison County
- Harrison Choiceborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1859
- Peter Choiceborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1858
Choices 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 38 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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