Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Samuel Harris, Galveston County, Texas, 1867

Samuel Harris registered to vote in Galveston County on June 11, 1867. He reported 32 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in Galveston County, Texas
32 years
In Texas
about 1835
Reached Texas
31 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1835 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Galveston County

Samuel Harris

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Samuel Harris
County of registration
Galveston County
Precinct
1
Registered
June 11, 1867
Years in Texas
32 years
Years in Galveston County
6 months
Years in the precinct
6 months
Years in Texas before Galveston County
31 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Galveston County highlighted
Galveston County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

31 years

Samuel Harris reported 31 years more in Texas than in Galveston County.

Other freedmen named Harris in Galveston County

Harrises elsewhere in Texas

All 182 freedmen named Harris in Texas

Variations of Harris

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 14 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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