Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Henry Harrison, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
William Henry Harrison registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 21, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
What the register records
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Henry Harrison
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Harrison in Brazoria County
- Aumbrose Harrisonborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1827
- 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
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 24 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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