Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
David Marshall, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
David Marshall registered to vote in Harrison County on July 2, 1867. He reported Kentucky 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.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 18 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
David Marshall
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- David Marshall
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- July 2, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 18 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Marshall in Harrison County
- Aaron Marshallborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1857
- John Marshallborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1858
- Joseph Marshallborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1846
- Lewis Marshallborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1846
Marshalls 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 13 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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