Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Edward Smalley, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Edward Smalley registered to vote in Harrison County on July 1, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 14 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 14 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
Edward Smalley
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Edward Smalley
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Place of residence
- Marshall. Harrison County.
- Registered
- July 1, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 14 years
- Years in the precinct
- 14 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Smalley in Harrison County
- Jacob Smalleyborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1859
- James Smalleyborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1851
Variations of Smalley
- Small 11
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 11 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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