Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Warren Perry, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Warren Perry registered to vote in Harrison County on August 21, 1867. He reported North Carolina 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.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 18 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
Warren Perry
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Warren Perry
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 18 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "G. 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
- Nelson Perryborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1849
- Thomas Perryborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1864
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 71 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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