Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Starling Fisher, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Starling Fisher registered to vote in Harrison County on July 22, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
- 12 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
Starling Fisher
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Starling Fisher
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- July 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 18 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 12 years
- Signature, as written
- "J. Tucker"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
12 yearsStarling Fisher reported 12 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Fisher in Harrison County
- Alford Fisherborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1847
- Jasper Fisherborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1848
- Moses Fisherborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1849
- Reuben Fisherborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1849
- Richard Fisherborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1847
Fishers elsewhere in Texas
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 39 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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