Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Smalley, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
James Smalley registered to vote in Harrison County on July 15, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 16 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
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 16 years
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
James Smalley
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Smalley
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- July 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 16 years
- Years in the precinct
- 16 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Smalley in Harrison County
- Edward Smalleyborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1853
- Jacob Smalleyborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1859
Variations of Smalley
- Small 11
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 30 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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