Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Joseph Seymore, Harrison County, Texas, 1867

Joseph Seymore registered to vote in Harrison County on July 10, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 11 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Alabama and Texas marked
Born in Alabama, registered in Harrison County, Texas
Alabama
Birthplace
11 years
In Texas
about 1856
Reached Texas
10 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1856 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Harrison County

Joseph Seymore

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Joseph Seymore
Place of birth
Alabama
County of registration
Harrison County
Precinct
4
Place of residence
Marshall. Harrison County.
Registered
July 10, 1867
Years in Texas
11 years
Years in Harrison County
11 months
Years in the precinct
6 months
Years in Texas before Harrison County
10 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Harrison County highlighted
Harrison County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

10 years

Joseph Seymore reported 10 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.

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 23 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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