Collin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Robert Harris, Collin County, Texas, 1867

Robert Harris registered to vote in Collin County on Jul. 20 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 of them in Collin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Collin County registered 270 freedmen in 1867, 15% of its voters.

Born in Mississippi, registered in Collin County, Texas

Mississippi
Birthplace: 10 years
In Texas: 10 years
In the county: about 1857
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1857 to 1870

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In Collin County

Robert Harris

Texas

Name: Robert Harris
Place of birth: Mississippi
County of registration: Collin County
Precinct: 1
Registered: Jul. 20 1867
Years in Texas: 10 years
Years in Collin County: 10 years
Years in the precinct: 10 years
Remarks, as written: "Colored"

Collin County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Harris in Collin County

Richard Harrisborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1860
Sam Harrisborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1863
Spencer Harrisborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1857

Harrises elsewhere in Texas

All 182 freedmen named Harris 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. Collin County's entries fill 46 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.

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