Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Tower Langley, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Tower Langley registered to vote in Harrison County on July 27, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 17 years in Texas, 17 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 17 years
- In Texas
- 17 years
- In the county
- about 1850
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1850 to 1870
Tower Langley
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Tower Langley
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 17 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 17 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Signature, as written
- "J. 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
- Mack Langleyborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1851
- Plummer Langleyborn in Tennessee, 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 47 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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