Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joseph Liles, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Joseph Liles registered to vote in Harrison County on July 13, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 17 years in Texas, 17 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 17 years
- In Texas
- 17 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1850 to 1870
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In Harrison County
Joseph Liles
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joseph Liles
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 2
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- July 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 17 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 17 years
- Years in the precinct
- 17 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Lileses 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 29 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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