Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Samuel Chris, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Samuel Chris registered to vote in Harrison County on August 27, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 14 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 14 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
Samuel Chris
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Samuel Chris
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 8
- Registered
- August 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 14 years
- Years in the precinct
- 14 years
- Signature, as written
- "J Chris"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Chris in Harrison County
- Edward Chrisborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1853
- Jack Chrisborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1852
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 80 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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