Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joseph Mason, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Joseph Mason registered to vote in Harrison County on July 2, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 1 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
- 10 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
Joseph Mason
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joseph Mason
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Place of residence
- Marshall. Harrison County.
- Registered
- July 2, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 1 year 8 months
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year 8 months
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 10 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
10 yearsJoseph Mason reported 10 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Mason in Harrison County
- Henry Masonborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1846
Masons 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 12 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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