Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Austin Garrett, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Austin Garrett registered to vote in Harrison County on July 15, 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
Austin Garrett
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Austin Garrett
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- July 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 20 years
- Years in the precinct
- 10 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Garrett in Harrison County
- Joseph Garrettborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1864
- Walker Garrettborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1849
Garretts elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Garrett
- Garret 8
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 30 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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