Jasper County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Samuel Harris, Jasper County, Texas, 1867
Samuel Harris registered to vote in Jasper County on August 23, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Jasper County registered 310 freedmen in 1867, 44% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
What the register records
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Samuel Harris
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Jasper County
- Registered
- August 23, 1867
- Signature, as written
- "Daniel his X mark Harris"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Harris in Jasper County
- Lewis Harrisborn in Texas
- T. Harrisborn in Virginia
Harrises elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Harris
- Harrison 155
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 8 of the Jasper County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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