Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Benjamin Harris, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Benjamin Harris registered to vote in Harrison County on July 6, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Benjamin Harris
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Benjamin Harris
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 6
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- July 6, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsBenjamin Harris reported 2 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Harris in Harrison County
- Gabe Harrisborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1851
- 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 19 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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