Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Thomas Harrison, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Thomas Harrison registered to vote in Fayette County on August 9, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 11 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 11 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
Thomas Harrison
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Thomas Harrison
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- August 9, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 11 years
- Years in the precinct
- 11 years
- Years in Texas before Fayette County
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearThomas Harrison reported 1 year more in Texas than in Fayette County.
Other freedmen named Harrison in Fayette County
- Ben Harrisonborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1855
- Fred Harrisonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1845
- Neill Harrisonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1858
- 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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