Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Mack Macon, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Mack Macon registered to vote in Harrison County on July 27, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 2 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
- 8 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
Mack Macon
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Mack Macon
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 8 years
- Signature, as written
- "M. Macon"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
8 yearsMack Macon reported 8 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Macon in Harrison County
- Glosster Maconborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1859
- Jessee Maconborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1862
Macons 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 47 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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