Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Lemuel Harrison, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Lemuel Harrison registered to vote in Austin County on July 23, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 4 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Austin County
Lemuel Harrison
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Lemuel Harrison
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- July 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Austin County
- 4 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Harrison in Austin County
- John Harrisonborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1859
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 6 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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