Bowie County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Charley Harrison, Bowie County, Texas, 1869
Charley Harrison registered to vote in Bowie County on August 3, 1869. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 12 of them in Bowie County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bowie County registered 462 freedmen in 1867, 55% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
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In Bowie County
Charley Harrison
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Charley Harrison
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Bowie County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 3, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Bowie County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Harrison in Bowie County
- Edmund Harrisonborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1849
- Thomas Harrisonborn in Africa, 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 12 of the Bowie County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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