Hopkins County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Harris, Hopkins County, Texas, 1867
Henry Harris registered to vote in Hopkins County on August 7, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 2 years in Texas, 1 of them in Hopkins County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Hopkins County registered 282 freedmen in 1867, 16% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 2 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1865
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Henry Harris
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Harris
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Hopkins County
- Precinct
- 11
- Registered
- August 7, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 2 years
- Years in Hopkins County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Hopkins County
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "Wesley x Harris"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearHenry Harris reported 1 year more in Texas than in Hopkins County.
Other freedmen named Harris in Hopkins County
- Daniel Harrisborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1856
- 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 18 of the Hopkins County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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