Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joseph Harris, Bastrop County, Texas, 1867
Joseph Harris registered to vote in Bastrop County on July 10, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored Voter" beside his name. Bastrop County registered 946 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
- 15 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
Joseph Harris
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joseph Harris
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Bastrop County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 10, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Bastrop County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Bastrop County
- 15 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored Voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
15 yearsJoseph Harris reported 15 years more in Texas than in Bastrop County.
Other freedmen named Harris in Bastrop County
- Charles Harrisborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1860
- Green Harrisborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1849
- Thomas R. Harrisborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1853
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 11 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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