Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Josephus Norman, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Josephus Norman registered to vote in Harrison County on July 3, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas, 3 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
- 3 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Harrison County
Josephus Norman
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Josephus Norman
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Place of residence
- Marshall. Harrison County.
- Registered
- July 3, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Norman in Harrison County
- Allen Normanborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1866
- Asa Normanborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1863
Normans 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 14 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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