Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Henry Harrison, Galveston County, Texas, 1867

Henry Harrison registered to vote in Galveston County on June 26, 1867. He reported 10 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
10 years
In Texas
about 1857
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1857 to 1870

1857186018621864186618681870
In Galveston County

Henry Harrison

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Henry Harrison
County of registration
Galveston County
Precinct
2
Registered
June 26, 1867
Years in Texas
10 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Galveston County highlighted
Galveston County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Harrison in Galveston County

Harrisons elsewhere in Texas

All 138 freedmen named Harrison in Texas

Variations of Harrison

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

African American genealogy in Galveston County, Texas

Galveston County freedmen and genealogyEvery freedman who registered in Galveston CountyThe Harrison name in TexasSearch Galveston County by name