Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Dary Harrison, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Dary Harrison registered to vote in Walker County on August 27, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 20 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
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In Walker County
Dary Harrison
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Dary Harrison
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Walker County
- 20 years
- Years in the precinct
- 10 years
- Signature, as written
- "D. X Harrison"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Harrison in Walker County
- Arthur Harrisonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1846
- Ben Harrisonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1853
- 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 21 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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