Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Fred Harrison, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Fred Harrison registered to vote in Fayette County on August 9, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 22 years in Texas, 20 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
- 22 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- about 1845
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1845 to 1870
Fred Harrison
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Fred Harrison
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- August 9, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 20 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year 6 months
- Years in Texas before Fayette County
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsFred Harrison reported 2 years more in Texas than in Fayette County.
Other freedmen named Harrison in Fayette County
- Ben Harrisonborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1855
- Neill Harrisonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1858
- Thomas Harrisonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1855
- W.C. Harrison
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. Fayette County's entries fill 70 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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