Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Stephen Harriss, Brazoria County, Texas, 1869
Stephen Harriss registered to vote in Brazoria County on November 19, 1869. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
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In Brazoria County
Stephen Harriss
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Stephen Harriss
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 19, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 21 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Variations of Harriss
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 37 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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