Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Spi Long, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Spi Long registered to vote in Harrison County on July 26, 1867. He reported Kentucky 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.
- Kentucky
- 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
Spi Long
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Spi Long
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- July 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 9 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 9 years
- Years in the precinct
- 9 years
- Signature, as written
- "S. Long."
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Other freedmen named Long in Harrison County
- Charles Longborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1846
- Gideon Longborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1846
- Joseph Longborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1855
Longs 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 46 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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