Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
March Moseley, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
March Moseley registered to vote in Harrison County on July 27, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 18 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
- 18 years
- In the county
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
March Moseley
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- March Moseley
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 18 years
- Years in the precinct
- 18 years
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 3 years
- Signature, as written
- "W. Mosley"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsMarch Moseley reported 3 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Moseley in Harrison County
- George Moseleyborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1851
- Jacob Moseleyborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1863
- Needham Moseleyborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1857
- Robert Moseleyborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1857
Moseleys 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 48 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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