Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Jacob Harris, Fayette County, Texas, 1867

Jacob Harris registered to vote in Fayette County on July 16, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 8 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.

Born in Georgia, registered in Fayette County, Texas

Georgia
Birthplace: 8 years
In Texas: 8 years
In the county: about 1859
Reached Texas

What the register records

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Jacob Harris

Texas

Name: Jacob Harris
Place of birth: Georgia
County of registration: Fayette County
Registered: July 16, 1867
Years in Texas: 8 years
Years in Fayette County: 8 years
Years in the precinct: 8 years
Remarks, as written: "Colored"

Fayette County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Harris in Fayette County

Abram Harrisborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1854
Adam Harrisreached Texas about 1867
Cordon Harrisborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1854
Forty Harrisborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1859
Henry Harrisborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1859

Harrises elsewhere in Texas

All 182 freedmen named Harris 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 13 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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