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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Alabama and Texas marked
Born in Alabama, registered in Harrison County, Texas
Alabama
Birthplace
3 years
In Texas
about 1864
Reached Texas
2 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From 1860 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Harrison County

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"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Harrison County highlighted
Harrison County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

2 years

Jas 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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