Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Thomas Mahathy, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Thomas Mahathy registered to vote in Harrison County on July 25, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 21 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
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In Harrison County
Thomas Mahathy
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Thomas Mahathy
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 25, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 21 years
- Years in the precinct
- 21 years
- Signature, as written
- "J. L. Mahaffy"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Other freedmen named Mahathy in Harrison County
- Joseph Mahathyborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
- Simon Mahathyborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
- Thomas Mahathyborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1846
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 45 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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