Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joseph Campbell, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Joseph Campbell registered to vote in Harrison County on July 23, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 9 years in Texas, 9 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 9 years
- In Texas
- 9 years
- In the county
- about 1858
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1858 to 1870
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In Harrison County
Joseph Campbell
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joseph Campbell
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- July 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 9 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 9 years
- Years in the precinct
- 18 months
- Signature, as written
- "J. Campbell"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Other freedmen named Campbell in Harrison County
- David Campbellborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1851
- Frank Campbellborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1859
- James Campbellborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1846
- James Campbellborn in Arkansas, reached Texas about 1846
Campbells 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 42 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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