Harris County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Monday Moxey, Harris County, Texas, 1867

Monday Moxey registered to vote in Harris County on June 12, 1867. He reported 18 years in Texas, 18 of them in Harris County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harris County registered 2,039 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in Harris County, Texas
18 years
In Texas
18 years
In the county
about 1849
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1849 to 1870

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In Harris County

Monday Moxey

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Monday Moxey
County of registration
Harris County
Precinct
0
Registered
June 12, 1867
Years in Texas
18 years
Years in Harris County
18 years
Naturalized, how
"By Reconstruction laws of Congress"
Naturalized, when
"1867"
Naturalized, where
"Texas"
Signature, as written
"Moses his x mark Anthony"
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Harris County highlighted
Harris County on the 1870 county map

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 1 of the Harris County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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