Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Thomas Marchall, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Thomas Marchall registered to vote in Harrison County on July 31, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas. 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
- 20 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
Thomas Marchall
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Thomas Marchall
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 7
- Registered
- July 31, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 7 months
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 20 years
- Signature, as written
- "J. Marchant"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
20 yearsThomas Marchall reported 20 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
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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