Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Harrison, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Henry Harrison registered to vote in Harrison County on July 30, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 14 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 14 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
Henry Harrison
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Harrison
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 30, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 14 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 months
- Signature, as written
- "J Cannon"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
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 Mississippi, reached Texas about 1864
- Lee Harrisonborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1858
- Moses Harrisonborn in Missouri, reached Texas about 1863
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 51 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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