Madison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Marion Mosley, Madison County, Texas, 1867
Marion Mosley registered to vote in Madison County. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 8 of them in Madison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Madison County registered 254 freedmen in 1867, 40% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 7 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Marion Mosley
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Marion Mosley
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Madison County
- Precinct
- 3
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Madison County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 years
- Years in Texas before Madison County
- 7 years
- Signature, as written
- "Isaac Hardey"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
7 yearsMarion Mosley reported 7 years more in Texas than in Madison County.
Mosleys 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 10 of the Madison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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