Guadalupe County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Harris, Guadalupe County, Texas, 1867
John Harris registered to vote in Guadalupe County on July 19, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Guadalupe County registered 508 freedmen in 1867, 38% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Guadalupe County
John Harris
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Harris
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Guadalupe County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- July 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Guadalupe County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Harris in Guadalupe County
- L. Harrisborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1866
- Nemrod Harrisborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1866
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 12 of the Guadalupe County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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