Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Mose Roqemore, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Mose Roqemore registered to vote in Harrison County on August 10, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
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In Harrison County
Mose Roqemore
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Mose Roqemore
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 10, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 21 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "M. Roquemore"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 62 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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