Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Bird Moss, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Bird Moss registered to vote in Harrison County on August 20, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas, 1 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Bird Moss
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Bird Moss
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 7 months
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 2 years
- Signature, as written
- "B Moss"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsBird Moss reported 2 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Moss in Harrison County
- Arthur Mossborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1853
- Robert Mossborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1847
- Squire Mossborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1855
Mosses 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 68 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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