Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Harrison, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
John Harrison registered to vote in Colorado County on August 8, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 7 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
- 9 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
John Harrison
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Harrison
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 46'
- Registered
- August 8, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 7 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 years
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 9 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
9 yearsJohn Harrison reported 9 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.
Other freedmen named Harrison in Colorado County
- Jefferson Harrisonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1837
- Oliver Harrisonborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1849
- Polk Harrisonborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1861
- Richard Harrisonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1863
- 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 30 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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