Jasper County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Benjamin Harrison, Jasper County, Texas, 1867
Benjamin Harrison registered to vote in Jasper County on August 17, 1867. He reported Florida as his birthplace. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Jasper County registered 310 freedmen in 1867, 44% of its voters.
- Florida
- Birthplace
What the register records
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Benjamin Harrison
- Place of birth
- Florida
- County of registration
- Jasper County
- Registered
- August 17, 1867
- Signature, as written
- "Ben his X mark Harrison"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Harrison in Jasper County
- George Harrisonborn in Louisiana
- Noah Harrisonborn in Florida
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 2 of the Jasper County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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