Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Squire Moss, Harrison County, Texas, 1869

Squire Moss registered to vote in Harrison County on July 22, 1869. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 14 of them in Harrison County. 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 Georgia and Texas marked
Born in Georgia, registered in Harrison County, Texas
Georgia
Birthplace
14 years
In Texas
14 years
In the county
about 1855
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1855 to 1870

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In Harrison County

Squire Moss

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Squire Moss
Place of birth
Georgia
County of registration
Harrison County
Precinct
6
Registered
July 22, 1869
Years in Texas
14 years
Years in Harrison County
14 years
Years in the precinct
14 years
Signature, as written
"B Woods"
Remarks, as written
"colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Harrison County highlighted
Harrison County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Moss in Harrison County

Mosses elsewhere in Texas

All 13 freedmen named Moss 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 40 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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