Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Thomas Fisher, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Thomas Fisher registered to vote in Harrison County on July 3, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 20 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
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
- 14 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
Thomas Fisher
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Thomas Fisher
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- July 3, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 6 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 years
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 14 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
14 yearsThomas Fisher reported 14 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Fisher in Harrison County
- Alford Fisherborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1847
- Jasper Fisherborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1848
- Moses Fisherborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1849
- Reuben Fisherborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1849
- Richard Fisherborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1847
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 15 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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