Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Hal Wallace, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Hal Wallace registered to vote in Harrison County on August 26, 1867. He reported Georgia 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.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 14 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
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In Harrison County
Hal Wallace
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Hal Wallace
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 8
- Registered
- August 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 14 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Signature, as written
- "L. Wallace"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Wallace in Harrison County
- Albert Wallaceborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1847
- Robert Wallaceborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1857
- Solomon Wallaceborn in Maryland, reached Texas about 1846
Wallaces 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 79 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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