Starr County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Harris, Starr County, Texas, 1869
James Harris registered to vote in Starr County on November 23, 1869. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored voter" beside his name. Starr County registered 7 freedmen in 1867, 5% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- about 1865
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
James Harris
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Harris
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Starr County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 23, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Starr County
- 2 months
- Years in the precinct
- 2 months
- Years in Texas before Starr County
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsJames Harris reported 3 years more in Texas than in Starr County.
Harrises elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Harris
- Harrison 138
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 3 of the Starr County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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