Bowie County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Thomas Harrison, Bowie County, Texas, 1869
Thomas Harrison registered to vote in Bowie County on July 29, 1869. He reported Africa as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 20 of them in Bowie County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bowie County registered 462 freedmen in 1867, 55% of its voters.
- Africa
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
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In Bowie County
Thomas Harrison
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Thomas Harrison
- Place of birth
- Africa
- County of registration
- Bowie County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 29, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Bowie County
- 20 years
- Years in the precinct
- 20 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Harrison in Bowie County
- Charley Harrisonborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1857
- Edmund Harrisonborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1849
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 10 of the Bowie County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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