Freestone County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jack Harris, Freestone County, Texas, 1867
Jack Harris registered to vote in Freestone County on August 2, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Freestone County registered 960 freedmen in 1867, 54% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- about 1867
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Freestone County
Jack Harris
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jack Harris
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Freestone County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 2, 1867
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Harris in Freestone County
- Benjamin Harrisborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1867
- Edd Harrisborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1851
- Hudson Harrisborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1862
- Jordan Harrisborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1852
- Levi Harrisborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1851
Harrises elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Harris
- Harrison 138
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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