Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Andrew Harris, Leon County, Texas, 1867
Andrew Harris registered to vote in Leon County on August 15, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 39 years in Texas, 2 of them in Leon County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 39 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- 37 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1828 to 1870
Andrew Harris
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Andrew Harris
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 39 years
- Years in Leon County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Leon County
- 37 years
- Signature, as written
- "Andrew Harris"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
37 yearsAndrew Harris reported 37 years more in Texas than in Leon County.
Other freedmen named Harris in Leon County
- Erasmus Harrisborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1862
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 13 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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