Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Needham Moseley, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Needham Moseley registered to vote in Harrison County on July 12, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
- 9 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
Needham Moseley
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Needham Moseley
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- July 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 8 months
- Years in the precinct
- 8 months
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 9 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
9 yearsNeedham Moseley reported 9 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Moseley in Harrison County
- George Moseleyborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1851
- Jacob Moseleyborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1863
- March Moseleyborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
- Robert Moseleyborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1857
Moseleys 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 26 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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