Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jacob Harris, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Jacob Harris registered to vote in Austin County on August 19, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 34 years in Texas, 34 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 34 years
- In Texas
- 34 years
- In the county
- about 1833
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1833 to 1870
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In Austin County
Jacob Harris
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jacob Harris
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- August 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 34 years
- Years in Austin County
- 34 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Harris in Austin County
- August Harrisborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1845
- Frank Harrisborn in Missouri, reached Texas about 1854
- Gloster Harrisborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1844
- Jacob Harrisborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1842
- John Harrisborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1842
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 26 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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