Chambers County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Sam Harrison, Chambers County, Texas, 1867

Sam Harrison registered to vote in Chambers County on August 21, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 2 of them in Chambers County. The registrar wrote "Emancipation in 1863 in Louisiana" beside his name.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Louisiana and Texas marked
Born in Louisiana, registered in Chambers County, Texas
Louisiana
Birthplace
8 years
In Texas
2 years
In the county
about 1859
Reached Texas
6 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1859 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Chambers County

Sam Harrison

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Sam Harrison
Place of birth
Louisiana
County of registration
Chambers County
Precinct
3
Registered
August 21, 1867
Years in Texas
8 years
Years in Chambers County
2 years
Years in the precinct
2 years
Years in Texas before Chambers County
6 years
Naturalized, where
"Louisana"
Remarks, as written
"Emancipation in 1863 in Louisiana"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Chambers County highlighted
Chambers County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

6 years

Sam Harrison reported 6 years more in Texas than in Chambers County.

Variations of Harrison

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 4 of the Chambers County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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