Victoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Allen Harris, Victoria County, Texas, 1867
Allen Harris registered to vote in Victoria County on June 27, 1867. He reported 1 year in Texas, 1 of them in Victoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Victoria County registered 419 freedmen in 1867, 48% of its voters.
- 1 year
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Victoria County
Allen Harris
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Allen Harris
- County of registration
- Victoria County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- June 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Victoria County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Naturalized, how
- "By the County Court"
- Naturalized, when
- "May 21, 1868"
- Naturalized, where
- "Victoria, Texas"
- Signature, as written
- "Benjamin A. Finley"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 6 of the Victoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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