Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joseph Hale, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Joseph Hale registered to vote in Harrison County on July 6, 1867. He reported Alabama 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.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 18 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
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In Harrison County
Joseph Hale
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joseph Hale
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- July 6, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 18 years
- Years in the precinct
- 18 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Hale in Harrison County
- Abraham Haleborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1849
- George Haleborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1849
- Jonas Haleborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1849
Hales elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Hale
- Haley 7
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 18 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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