Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Sam Harrison, Bastrop County, Texas, 1868
Sam Harrison registered to vote in Bastrop County on January 29, 1868. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored Voter" beside his name. Bastrop County registered 946 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Sam Harrison
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Sam Harrison
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Bastrop County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- January 29, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Bastrop County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Bastrop County
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored Voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsSam Harrison reported 3 years more in Texas than in Bastrop County.
Other freedmen named Harrison in Bastrop County
- Gilford Harrisonborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1848
- Henry Harrisonborn in Missouri, reached Texas about 1853
- 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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