Harris County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Moses Anthony, Harris County, Texas, 1867
Moses Anthony registered to vote in Harris County on June 12, 1867. He reported 3 years in Texas, 3 of them in Harris County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harris County registered 2,039 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- 3 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Harris County
Moses Anthony
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Moses Anthony
- County of registration
- Harris County
- Registered
- June 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Harris County
- 3 years
- Naturalized, how
- "By Reconstruction laws of Congress"
- Naturalized, when
- "1867"
- Naturalized, where
- "Texas"
- Signature, as written
- "Lewis his x mark Matheny"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Anthonys 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 Harris County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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