Collin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Spencer Harris, Collin County, Texas, 1867
Spencer Harris registered to vote in Collin County on Aug. 1 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 8 of them in Collin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Collin County registered 270 freedmen in 1867, 15% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
Spencer Harris
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Spencer Harris
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Collin County
- Precinct
- 8
- Registered
- Aug. 1 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Collin County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 years
- Years in Texas before Collin County
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsSpencer Harris reported 2 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
- Sam Harrisborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1863
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 23 of the Collin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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