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.

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

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Fayette County

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

Elsewhere in Texas

1 year

Thomas Harrison reported 1 year 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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