Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Federick Harper, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Federick Harper registered to vote in Harrison County on August 21, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas, 1 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Federick Harper
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Federick Harper
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Harrison County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "J. Harper"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Harper in Harrison County
- Aaron Harperborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1855
- Alfred Harperborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1855
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 71 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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