Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Alfred Harper, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Alfred Harper registered to vote in Harrison County on August 8, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 12 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
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In Harrison County
Alfred Harper
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Alfred Harper
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 8, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Signature, as written
- "James Knox"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Harper in Harrison County
- Aaron Harperborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1855
- Federick Harperborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1866
Harpers 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 60 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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