Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Gabe Harris, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Gabe Harris registered to vote in Harrison County on July 5, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
- 15 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
Gabe Harris
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Gabe Harris
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 7
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- July 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 15 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
15 yearsGabe Harris reported 15 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Harris in Harrison County
- Benjamin Harrisborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1864
- Isaac Harrisborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1852
- Jackson Harrisborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1851
- Jacob Harrisborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1853
- Jacob Harrisborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1846
Harrises elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Harris
- Harrison 138
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 16 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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