Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Pharoah Goss, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Pharoah Goss registered to vote in Harrison County on June 29, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 18 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
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 18 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
Pharoah Goss
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Pharoah Goss
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 4
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- June 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 18 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year 4 months
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Goss in Harrison County
- Stephen Gossborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1859
Gosses 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 9 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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