Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Mack Langley, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Mack Langley registered to vote in Harrison County on July 26, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 16 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 16 years
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
Mack Langley
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Mack Langley
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- July 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 16 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Naturalized, how
- "Irish Court"
- Naturalized, when
- "July 30 1850"
- Naturalized, where
- "Marshall Harrison Co Tx"
- Signature, as written
- "M. Langley."
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Other freedmen named Langley in Harrison County
- Isaac Langleyborn in Maryland, reached Texas about 1850
- Joseph Langleyborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1850
- Plummer Langleyborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1850
- Tower Langleyborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1850
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 46 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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