Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Glosster Macon, Harrison County, Texas, 1867

Glosster Macon registered to vote in Harrison County on July 25, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 8 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
8 years
In Texas
8 years
In the county
about 1859
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1859 to 1870

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In Harrison County

Glosster Macon

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Glosster Macon
Place of birth
Georgia
County of registration
Harrison County
Precinct
1
Registered
July 25, 1867
Years in Texas
8 years
Years in Harrison County
8 years
Years in the precinct
8 years
Naturalized, how
"Come here as a child"
Signature, as written
"P. Dans"
Remarks, as written
"colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Harrison County highlighted
Harrison County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Macon in Harrison County

  • Jessee Maconborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1862
  • Mack Maconborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1857

Macons elsewhere in Texas

All 4 freedmen named Macon 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 44 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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