Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Beazeley, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
John Beazeley registered to vote in Harrison County on July 30, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 9 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 9 years
- In Texas
- about 1858
- Reached Texas
- 8 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1858 to 1870
John Beazeley
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Beazeley
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- July 30, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 9 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 7 months
- Years in the precinct
- 7 months
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 8 years
- Signature, as written
- "J Reazely"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
8 yearsJohn Beazeley reported 8 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Beazeley in Harrison County
- Jessee Beazeleyborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1847
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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