Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jasper Fisher, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Jasper Fisher registered to vote in Harrison County on July 24, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 19 years in Texas, 6 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 19 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- about 1848
- Reached Texas
- 13 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1848 to 1870
Jasper Fisher
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jasper Fisher
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- July 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 19 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 6 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 13 years
- Signature, as written
- "S. Richey"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
13 yearsJasper Fisher reported 13 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Fisher in Harrison County
- Alford Fisherborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1847
- Moses Fisherborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1849
- Reuben Fisherborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1849
- Richard Fisherborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1847
- Starling Fisherborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1854
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 42 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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