Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joseph Sloan, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Joseph Sloan registered to vote in Harrison County on August 12, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas, 6 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 6 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Joseph Sloan
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joseph Sloan
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 6 years
- Years in the precinct
- 5 years
- Signature, as written
- "J. his X mark Sloan"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Sloan in Harrison County
- Daniel Sloanborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1860
Sloans 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 62 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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