Bexar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Harris, Bexar County, Texas, 1869
Henry Harris registered to vote in Bexar County on November 25, 1869. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored. Registered by mistake, lives in Wilson Co" beside his name. Bexar County registered 500 freedmen in 1867, 22% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- about 1865
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Bexar County
Henry Harris
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Harris
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Bexar County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 25, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored. Registered by mistake, lives in Wilson Co"
Harrises elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Harris
- Harrison 138
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 53 of the Bexar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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