Hopkins County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Harrison, Hopkins County, Texas, 1867
John Harrison registered to vote in Hopkins County on August 7, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Hopkins County registered 282 freedmen in 1867, 16% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 7 years
- In Texas
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
- 6 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
John Harrison
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Harrison
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Hopkins County
- Precinct
- 9
- Registered
- August 7, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Hopkins County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Hopkins County
- 6 years
- Signature, as written
- "John x Harrison"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
6 yearsJohn Harrison reported 6 years more in Texas than in Hopkins County.
Other freedmen named Harrison in Hopkins County
- Frank Harrisonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1863
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 17 of the Hopkins County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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