Harris County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joseph Small, Harris County, Texas, 1867
Joseph Small registered to vote in Harris County on June 12, 1867. He reported 15 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.
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 12 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
1852186018621864186618681870
Elsewhere in Texas
In Harris County
Joseph Small
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joseph Small
- County of registration
- Harris County
- Registered
- June 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Harris County
- 3 years
- Years in Texas before Harris County
- 12 years
- Naturalized, how
- "By Reconstruction laws of Congress"
- Naturalized, when
- "1867"
- Naturalized, where
- "Texas"
- Signature, as written
- "Sandy his x mark Goodman"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
12 yearsJoseph Small reported 12 years more in Texas than in Harris County.
Smalls 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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