Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Richard Harrison, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Richard Harrison registered to vote in Colorado County on August 12, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 4 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.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Richard Harrison
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Richard Harrison
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- August 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Harrison in Colorado County
- Jefferson Harrisonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1837
- John Harrisonborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1851
- Oliver Harrisonborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1849
- Polk Harrisonborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1861
- William H. Harrisonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1860
Harrisons elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Harrison
- Harris 182
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 35 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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