Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Abram Harris, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Abram Harris registered to vote in Fayette County on August 8, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 6 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
- 7 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
Abram Harris
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Abram Harris
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- August 8, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 6 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 years
- Years in Texas before Fayette County
- 7 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
7 yearsAbram Harris reported 7 years more in Texas than in Fayette County.
Other freedmen named Harris in Fayette County
- 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
- Horace Harrisborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1856
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 33 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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