Atascosa County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Alexander Harrison, Atascosa County, Texas, 1867
Alexander Harrison registered to vote in Atascosa County on July 19, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 22 years in Texas, 9 of them in Atascosa County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Atascosa County registered 30 freedmen in 1867, 6% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 22 years
- In Texas
- 9 years
- In the county
- about 1845
- Reached Texas
- 13 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1845 to 1870
Alexander Harrison
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Alexander Harrison
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Atascosa County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- July 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Years in Atascosa County
- 9 years
- Years in the precinct
- 9 years
- Years in Texas before Atascosa County
- 13 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
13 yearsAlexander Harrison reported 13 years more in Texas than in Atascosa County.
Other freedmen named Harrison in Atascosa County
- Dock Harrisonborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1864
Harrisons elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Harrison
- Harris 182
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 6 of the Atascosa County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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