Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Forty Harris, Fayette County, Texas, 1869
Forty Harris registered to vote in Fayette County on November 25, 1869. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
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In Fayette County
Forty Harris
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Forty Harris
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- November 25, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 10 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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
- 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 68 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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