Madison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jefferson Harris, Madison County, Texas, 1867
Jefferson Harris registered to vote in Madison County on November 16, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Madison County registered 254 freedmen in 1867, 40% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Jefferson Harris
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jefferson Harris
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Madison County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- November 16, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Madison County
- 9 months
- Years in the precinct
- 9 months
- Years in Texas before Madison County
- 3 years
- Naturalized, where
- "Jefferson Harris"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsJefferson Harris reported 3 years more in Texas than in Madison County.
Other freedmen named Harris in Madison County
- Eligia Harrisborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1852
- Gabrel Harrisborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1863
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 11 of the Madison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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