Houston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Thomas Harris, Houston County, Texas, 1869
Thomas Harris registered to vote in Houston County on November 26, 1869. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 of them in Houston County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Houston County registered 963 freedmen in 1867, 50% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
Thomas Harris
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Thomas Harris
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Houston County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- November 26, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Houston County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Harris in Houston County
- Henry Harrisborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1860
Harrises elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Harris
- Harrison 138
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 47 of the Houston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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