Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jefferson Harrison, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Jefferson Harrison registered to vote in Colorado County on August 15, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 30 years in Texas, 30 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
- 30 years
- In Texas
- 30 years
- In the county
- about 1837
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1837 to 1870
Jefferson Harrison
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jefferson Harrison
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- August 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 30 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 30 years
- Years in the precinct
- 30 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Harrison in Colorado County
- 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
- 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 41 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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