Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Stephen McCoy, Harrison County, Texas, 1868
Stephen McCoy registered to vote in Harrison County on January 31, 1868. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 4 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Stephen McCoy
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Stephen McCoy
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- January 31, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Signature, as written
- "J " McCoy"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named McCoy in Harrison County
- Nelson McCoyborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1851
McCoys 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 86 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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