Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Stephen Harris, Galveston County, Texas, 1868
Stephen Harris registered to vote in Galveston County on January 28, 1868. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- about 1867
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Galveston County
Stephen Harris
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Stephen Harris
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- January 28, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Galveston County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Harris in Galveston County
- Archer Harrisreached Texas about 1857
- James Harris
- Joseph Harrisreached Texas about 1866
- Lee Harrisreached Texas about 1839
- Price Harrisreached Texas about 1840
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 47 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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