Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William H. Harrison, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
William H. Harrison registered to vote in Anderson County on August 31, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 9 years in Texas, 9 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 9 years
- In Texas
- 9 years
- In the county
- about 1858
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1858 to 1870
William H. Harrison
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William H. Harrison
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 31, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 9 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 9 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Harrison in Anderson County
- Jordan Harrisonborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1851
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 36 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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