Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joseph Tolbert, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Joseph Tolbert registered to vote in Harrison County on July 18, 1867. He reported Maryland as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 14 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Maryland
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 14 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
Joseph Tolbert
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joseph Tolbert
- Place of birth
- Maryland
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 6
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- July 18, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 14 years
- Years in the precinct
- 14 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Tolbert in Harrison County
- Levi Tolbertborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1847
Tolberts 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 33 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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