Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joseph Whiting, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Joseph Whiting registered to vote in Harrison County on August 21, 1867. He reported District of Columbia as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- District of Columbia
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
- 9 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
Joseph Whiting
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joseph Whiting
- Place of birth
- District of Columbia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 7 months
- Years in the precinct
- 7 months
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 9 years
- Signature, as written
- "J. Whiting"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
9 yearsJoseph Whiting reported 9 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Whiting in Harrison County
- Lewis Whitingborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1852
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 71 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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