Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Erasmus Harris, Leon County, Texas, 1867
Erasmus Harris registered to vote in Leon County on August 25, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 4 of them in Leon County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Erasmus Harris
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Erasmus Harris
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 25, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Leon County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Years in Texas before Leon County
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "Erasmus x Harris"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearErasmus Harris reported 1 year more in Texas than in Leon County.
Other freedmen named Harris in Leon County
- Andrew Harrisborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1828
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 25 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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