Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Moses Harrison, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Moses Harrison registered to vote in Harrison County on July 29, 1867. He reported Missouri as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 2 of them in Harrison County. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Missouri
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Moses Harrison
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Moses Harrison
- Place of birth
- Missouri
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 7
- Registered
- July 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 years
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 2 years
- Signature, as written
- "W. Harrison"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsMoses Harrison reported 2 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Harrison in Harrison County
- Adam Harrisonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1848
- David Harrisonborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1847
- Henry Harrisonborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1853
- Henry Harrisonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1864
- Lee Harrisonborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1858
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 49 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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