Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joseph Colwell, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Joseph Colwell registered to vote in Harrison County on July 19, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
- 19 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
Joseph Colwell
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joseph Colwell
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 6
- Place of residence
- Harrison County.
- Registered
- July 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 19 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
19 yearsJoseph Colwell reported 19 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Colwell in Harrison County
- Alex Colwellborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1849
Colwells 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 35 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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