Houston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Alex Marshall, Houston County, Texas, 1867
Alex Marshall registered to vote in Houston County on July 20, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 17 years in Texas, 17 of them in Houston County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Houston County registered 963 freedmen in 1867, 50% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 17 years
- In Texas
- 17 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1850 to 1870
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In Houston County
Alex Marshall
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Alex Marshall
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Houston County
- Precinct
- 7
- Registered
- July 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 17 years
- Years in Houston County
- 17 years
- Signature, as written
- "Alex Marshall"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Marshalls 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 1 of the Houston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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