Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Ben Harrison, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Ben Harrison registered to vote in Walker County on August 19, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
- 13 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
Ben Harrison
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Ben Harrison
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Walker County
- 14 months
- Years in the precinct
- 14 months
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 13 years
- Signature, as written
- "Ben X Harrison"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
13 yearsBen Harrison reported 13 years more in Texas than in Walker County.
Other freedmen named Harrison in Walker County
- Arthur Harrisonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1846
- Dary Harrisonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1847
- David Harrison
- Henry Harrisonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1842
- John Harrisonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1849
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 12 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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