Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Sammel Harrison, Bastrop County, Texas, 1867

Sammel Harrison registered to vote in Bastrop County on July 31, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored Voter" beside his name. Bastrop County registered 946 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Tennessee and Texas marked
Born in Tennessee, registered in Bastrop County, Texas
Tennessee
Birthplace
20 years
In Texas
about 1847
Reached Texas
19 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1847 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Bastrop County

Sammel Harrison

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Sammel Harrison
Place of birth
Tennessee
County of registration
Bastrop County
Precinct
3
Registered
July 31, 1867
Years in Texas
20 years
Years in Bastrop County
1 month
Years in the precinct
1 month
Years in Texas before Bastrop County
19 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored Voter"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Bastrop County highlighted
Bastrop County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

19 years

Sammel Harrison reported 19 years more in Texas than in Bastrop County.

Other freedmen named Harrison in Bastrop County

Harrisons elsewhere in Texas

All 138 freedmen named Harrison in Texas

Variations of Harrison

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 28 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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