Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Wesley Hall, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Wesley Hall registered to vote in Harrison County on August 21, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 14 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
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 14 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
Wesley Hall
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Wesley Hall
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 14 years
- Years in the precinct
- 14 years
- Signature, as written
- "W Hall"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Hall in Harrison County
- Anthony M. Hallborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1854
- Edward Hallborn in Arkansas, reached Texas about 1862
- Elbert Hallborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1858
- Frank Hallborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1859
- Nathan Hallborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1849
Halls 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 70 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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