Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Nelson Perry, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Nelson Perry registered to vote in Harrison County on July 20, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 18 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 18 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
Nelson Perry
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Nelson Perry
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- July 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 18 years
- Years in the precinct
- 18 years
- Signature, as written
- "J. Perry"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Other freedmen named Perry in Harrison County
- James Perryborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1849
- Lewis N. Perryborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1854
- Mingo Perryborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1846
- Thomas Perryborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1864
- Thomas Perryborn in Illinois, reached Texas about 1866
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 38 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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