Freestone County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Lewis Harrison, Freestone County, Texas, 1867
Lewis Harrison registered to vote in Freestone County on August 3, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Freestone County registered 960 freedmen in 1867, 54% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- about 1867
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Freestone County
Lewis Harrison
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Lewis Harrison
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Freestone County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 3, 1867
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Harrison in Freestone County
- Albert Harrisonborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1863
- Daniel Harrisonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1867
- Henry Harrisonborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1857
- Joe Harrisonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1867
- John Harrisonborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1867
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 15 of the Freestone County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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