Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joseph Luton, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Joseph Luton registered to vote in Harrison County on August 1, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 11 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 11 years
- In Texas
- about 1856
- Reached Texas
- 10 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1856 to 1870
Joseph Luton
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joseph Luton
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 1, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 11 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 13 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 10 years
- Signature, as written
- "J. Luton"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
10 yearsJoseph Luton reported 10 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 54 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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