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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Virginia and Texas marked
Born in Virginia, registered in Fayette County, Texas
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

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Fayette County

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"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Fayette County highlighted
Fayette County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

2 years

Fred Harrison reported 2 years more in Texas than in Fayette County.

Other freedmen named Harrison in Fayette County

Harrisons elsewhere in Texas

All 138 freedmen named Harrison in Texas

Variations of Harrison

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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