Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Guss Rashaw, Harrison County, Texas, 1867

Guss Rashaw registered to vote in Harrison County on July 18, 1867. He reported Louisiana 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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Louisiana and Texas marked
Born in Louisiana, registered in Harrison County, Texas
Louisiana
Birthplace
20 years
In Texas
20 years
In the county
about 1847
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1847 to 1870

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In Harrison County

Guss Rashaw

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Guss Rashaw
Place of birth
Louisiana
County of registration
Harrison County
Precinct
3
Place of residence
Harrison County
Registered
July 18, 1867
Years in Texas
20 years
Years in Harrison County
20 years
Years in the precinct
20 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Harrison County highlighted
Harrison County on the 1870 county map

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. Harrison County's entries fill 92 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.

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