Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Moses Bee, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Moses Bee registered to vote in Harrison County on June 28, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 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
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Moses Bee
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Moses Bee
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- June 28, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 15 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Bees 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 7 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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