Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
W.C. Harrison, Fayette County, Texas, 1869
W.C. Harrison registered to vote in Fayette County on November 25, 1869. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- about 1869
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Fayette County
W.C. Harrison
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- W.C. Harrison
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- November 25, 1869
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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
- Thomas Harrisonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1855
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. It sits on page 69 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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