Hopkins County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Daniel Harris, Hopkins County, Texas, 1867
Daniel Harris registered to vote in Hopkins County on July 27, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 11 years in Texas, 8 of them in Hopkins County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Hopkins County registered 282 freedmen in 1867, 16% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 11 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1856
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1856 to 1870
Daniel Harris
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Daniel Harris
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Hopkins County
- Precinct
- 7
- Registered
- July 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 11 years
- Years in Hopkins County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Hopkins County
- 3 years
- Naturalized, how
- "at the Mayors Office"
- Naturalized, when
- "1857"
- Naturalized, where
- "City Philadelphia Pa"
- Signature, as written
- "Daniel Harris"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsDaniel Harris reported 3 years more in Texas than in Hopkins County.
Other freedmen named Harris in Hopkins County
- Henry Harrisborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1865
- Lewis Harrisborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1861
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 9 of the Hopkins County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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