Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Perry, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
William Perry registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 2, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 26 years in Texas, 26 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 26 years
- In Texas
- 26 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1841 to 1870
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In Brazoria County
William Perry
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Perry
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 2, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 26 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 26 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Perry in Brazoria County
- Allen Perryborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1845
- George Perryborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1844
Perrys elsewhere in Texas
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 6 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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