Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joseph Breazeale, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Joseph Breazeale registered to vote in Harrison County on July 30, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 4 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
- 17 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
Joseph Breazeale
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joseph Breazeale
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- July 30, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 21 years
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 17 years
- Signature, as written
- "J Brazialo"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
17 yearsJoseph Breazeale reported 17 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Breazeale in Harrison County
- Ephraim Breazealeborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1846
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 51 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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