Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Aumbrose Harrison, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Aumbrose Harrison registered to vote in Brazoria County on July 31, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 40 years in Texas, 40 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 40 years
- In Texas
- 40 years
- In the county
- about 1827
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1827 to 1870
Aumbrose Harrison
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Aumbrose Harrison
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- July 31, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 40 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 40 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Harrison in Brazoria County
- George W. Harrisonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1843
- Henry Harrisonborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1843
- Henry Harrisonborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1858
- Jacob Harrisonborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1841
- John Harrisonborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1846
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 3 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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