Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Massie, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
William Massie registered to vote in Harrison County on June 28, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 2 years in Texas, 2 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 2 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1865
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Harrison County
William Massie
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Massie
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Place of residence
- Marshall. Harrison County.
- Registered
- June 28, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 2 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Massie in Harrison County
- Henry Massieborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1847
- William Massieborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1862
- William Massieborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1850
Massies 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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