Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Micajah Montacue, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Micajah Montacue registered to vote in Harrison County on July 12, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 20 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
Micajah Montacue
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Micajah Montacue
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- July 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 20 years
- Years in the precinct
- 20 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Montacue in Harrison County
- Amos Montacueborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1846
- Franklin Montacueborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1847
- Squire Montacueborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1847
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 26 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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