Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Peter Norris, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Peter Norris registered to vote in Harrison County on July 13, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 20 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
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
Peter Norris
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Peter Norris
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- July 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 20 years
- Years in the precinct
- 20 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Norris in Harrison County
- Buck Norrisborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1859
- Henry Norrisborn in Maryland, reached Texas about 1860
- John Norrisborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1854
Norrises 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 28 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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