Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jacob Massingill, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Jacob Massingill registered to vote in Harrison County on July 12, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 5 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Jacob Massingill
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jacob Massingill
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- July 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 5 years
- Years in the precinct
- 5 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Massingills 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 25 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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