Bowie County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Berry Fort, Bowie County, Texas, 1869
Berry Fort registered to vote in Bowie County on July 19, 1869. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 20 of them in Bowie County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bowie County registered 462 freedmen in 1867, 55% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
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In Bowie County
Berry Fort
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Berry Fort
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Bowie County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 19, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Bowie County
- 20 years
- Years in the precinct
- 20 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Fort in Bowie County
- Anderson Fortborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1849
- Andrew Fortborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1862
- Baker Fortborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1849
- Ennis Fortborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1849
- Hiram Fortborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1849
Forts 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 5 of the Bowie County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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