Hopkins County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Lewis Harris, Hopkins County, Texas, 1867
Lewis Harris registered to vote in Hopkins County on August 10, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas, 6 of them in Hopkins County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Hopkins County registered 282 freedmen in 1867, 16% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 6 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Hopkins County
Lewis Harris
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Lewis Harris
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Hopkins County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 10, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Hopkins County
- 6 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "Lewis x Haines"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Other freedmen named Harris in Hopkins County
- Daniel Harrisborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1856
- Henry Harrisborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1865
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 22 of the Hopkins County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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