Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jas Curley, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Jas Curley registered to vote in Harrison County on August 24, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Jas Curley
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jas Curley
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 11 months
- Years in the precinct
- 11 months
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 2 years
- Signature, as written
- "J Dehay"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsJas Curley reported 2 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
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 77 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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