Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Allen Harris, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Allen Harris registered to vote in Colorado County on August 7, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 19 years in Texas, 4 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
- 19 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1848
- Reached Texas
- 15 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1848 to 1870
Allen Harris
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Allen Harris
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- August 7, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 19 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 15 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
15 yearsAllen Harris reported 15 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.
Other freedmen named Harris in Colorado County
- Caswell Harrisborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1855
- 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 32 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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