Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Bazel Golightley, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Bazel Golightley registered to vote in Harrison County on June 28, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 21 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
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- In the county
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
Bazel Golightley
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Bazel Golightley
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- June 28, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 21 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 6 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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