Erath County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Willis Harris, Erath County, Texas, 1867

Willis Harris registered to vote in Erath County on August 12, 1867. He reported Missouri as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 1 of them in Erath County. Erath County registered 21 freedmen in 1867, 6% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Missouri and Texas marked
Born in Missouri, registered in Erath County, Texas
Missouri
Birthplace
5 years
In Texas
1 year
In the county
about 1862
Reached Texas
4 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From 1860 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Erath County

Willis Harris

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Willis Harris
Place of birth
Missouri
County of registration
Erath County
Precinct
1
Registered
August 12, 1867
Years in Texas
5 years
Years in Erath County
1 year
Years in the precinct
1 year
Years in Texas before Erath County
4 years
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Erath County highlighted
Erath County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

4 years

Willis Harris reported 4 years more in Texas than in Erath County.

Variations of Harris

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 1 of the Erath County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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