Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Thomas Harrison, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Thomas Harrison registered to vote in Harrison County on August 27, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 11 years in Texas. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 11 years
- In Texas
- about 1856
- Reached Texas
- 10 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1856 to 1870
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Elsewhere in Texas
In Harrison County
Thomas Harrison
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Thomas Harrison
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 8
- Registered
- August 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 11 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 18 months
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 10 years
- Signature, as written
- "J. L. Harrison"
Elsewhere in Texas
10 yearsThomas Harrison reported 10 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Harrison in Harrison County
- Adam Harrisonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1848
- David Harrisonborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1847
- Henry Harrisonborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1853
- Henry Harrisonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1864
- Lee Harrisonborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1858
Harrisons elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Harrison
- Harris 182
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 82 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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