Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Aaron Harper, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Aaron Harper registered to vote in Harrison County on July 11, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 8 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
- 4 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
Aaron Harper
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Aaron Harper
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- July 11, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 years
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 4 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
4 yearsAaron Harper reported 4 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Harper in Harrison County
- Alfred Harperborn in Alabama, 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 24 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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