Collin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Sam Harris, Collin County, Texas, 1867
Sam Harris registered to vote in Collin County on Aug. 23 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 1 of them in Collin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Collin County registered 270 freedmen in 1867, 15% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 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
Sam Harris
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Sam Harris
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Collin County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- Aug. 23 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Collin County
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Collin County
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsSam Harris reported 3 years more in Texas than in Collin County.
Other freedmen named Harris in Collin County
- Richard Harrisborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1860
- Robert Harrisborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1857
- Spencer Harrisborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1857
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 34 of the Collin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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