Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Moses Letcher, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Moses Letcher registered to vote in Harrison County on July 23, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Moses Letcher
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Moses Letcher
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- July 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 11 months
- Years in the precinct
- 11 months
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 3 years
- Signature, as written
- "M. Fletcher"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsMoses Letcher reported 3 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Variations of Letcher
- Fletcher 19
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 41 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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