Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William McLaughlin, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
William McLaughlin registered to vote in Harrison County on July 31, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 13 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 13 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
William McLaughlin
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William McLaughlin
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 31, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 13 years
- Years in the precinct
- 13 years
- Signature, as written
- "W. J. McLaughlin"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
McLaughlins 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 52 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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