Bexar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Simon Harrison, Bexar County, Texas, 1867
Simon Harrison registered to vote in Bexar County on July 3, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 2 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bexar County registered 500 freedmen in 1867, 22% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 2 years
- In Texas
- about 1865
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Bexar County
Simon Harrison
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Simon Harrison
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Bexar County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- July 3, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Harrison in Bexar County
- George Harrisonborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1853
- Henry Harrisonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1865
- Randall Harrisonborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1865
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 5 of the Bexar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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