Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Caswell Harris, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Caswell Harris registered to vote in Colorado County on July 19, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 12 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
Caswell Harris
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Caswell Harris
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- July 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Harris in Colorado County
- Allen Harrisborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1848
- George Harrisborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1862
- Green Harrisborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1859
- Hiram Harrisborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1859
- Ira Harrisborn in Virginia, 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 16 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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