Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Barney, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Henry Barney registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 1, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 16 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 16 years
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
Henry Barney
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Barney
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 1, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 16 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Barney in Brazoria County
- Benjamin Barneyborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1852
- William Barneyborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1827
Variations of Barney
- Barnes 26
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 5 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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