Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Harrison Choice, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Harrison Choice registered to vote in Harrison County on June 26, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 3 of them in Harrison County. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
- 5 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
Harrison Choice
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Harrison Choice
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Place of residence
- Marshall. Harrison County.
- Registered
- June 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 5 years
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 5 years
Elsewhere in Texas
5 yearsHarrison Choice reported 5 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Choice in Harrison County
- Joshua Choiceborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1857
- Peter Choiceborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1858
Choices 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 4 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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