Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Harrison, Bastrop County, Texas, 1868
Henry Harrison registered to vote in Bastrop County on January 27, 1868. He reported Missouri as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored Voter" beside his name. Bastrop County registered 946 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Missouri
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
- 14 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
Henry Harrison
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Harrison
- Place of birth
- Missouri
- County of registration
- Bastrop County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- January 27, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Bastrop County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Bastrop County
- 14 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored Voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
14 yearsHenry Harrison reported 14 years more in Texas than in Bastrop County.
Other freedmen named Harrison in Bastrop County
- Gilford Harrisonborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1848
- Sam Harrisonborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1864
- Sammel Harrisonborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1847
- Squire Harrisonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1860
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 40 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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