Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Thomas R. Harris, Bastrop County, Texas, 1867
Thomas R. Harris registered to vote in Bastrop County on July 15, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored Voter" beside his name. Bastrop County registered 946 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
- 13 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
Thomas R. Harris
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Thomas R. Harris
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Bastrop County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- July 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Bastrop County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Bastrop County
- 13 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored Voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
13 yearsThomas R. Harris reported 13 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
- Joesph Harrisborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1851
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 19 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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