Lavaca County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Harris, Lavaca County, Texas, 1867
Henry Harris registered to vote in Lavaca County on July 2, 1867. He reported 4 years in Texas, 1 of them in Lavaca County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Lavaca County registered 435 freedmen in 1867, 29% of its voters.
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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Elsewhere in Texas
In Lavaca County
Henry Harris
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Harris
- County of registration
- Lavaca County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 2, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Lavaca County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Lavaca County
- 3 years
- Naturalized, how
- "County Court"
- Naturalized, when
- "July 21: 1867"
- Naturalized, where
- "Grotheville County Court"
- Signature, as written
- "Henry Harris"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsHenry Harris reported 3 years more in Texas than in Lavaca County.
Other freedmen named Harris in Lavaca County
- James Harrisreached Texas about 1861
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 3 of the Lavaca County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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