Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Harrison, Galveston County, Texas, 1867
Henry Harrison registered to vote in Galveston County on July 13, 1867. He reported 18 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- 18 years
- In Texas
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
- 17 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
Henry Harrison
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Harrison
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Galveston County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Galveston County
- 17 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
17 yearsHenry Harrison reported 17 years more in Texas than in Galveston County.
Other freedmen named Harrison in Galveston County
- Henry Harrisonreached Texas about 1857
- John Harrisonreached Texas about 1853
- Patrick Henry Harrisonreached Texas about 1866
- Samuel Harrisonreached Texas about 1842
- Samuel Harrisonreached Texas about 1848
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 41 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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