Fort Bend County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Silas Harris, Fort Bend County, Texas, 1869
Silas Harris registered to vote in Fort Bend County on November 27, 1869. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 21 of them in Fort Bend County. Fort Bend County registered 1,360 freedmen in 1867, 81% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1848 to 1870
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In Fort Bend County
Silas Harris
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Silas Harris
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Fort Bend County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- November 27, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Fort Bend County
- 21 years
- Years in the precinct
- 21 years
Other freedmen named Harris in Fort Bend County
- Cain Harrisreached Texas about 1843
- Daniel Harrisreached Texas about 1866
- Hannibal Harrisreached Texas about 1849
- Henry Harrisreached Texas about 1866
- Henry Harrisreached Texas about 1858
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 41 of the Fort Bend County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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