Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Lewis N. Perry, Harrison County, Texas, 1867

Lewis N. Perry registered to vote in Harrison County on August 21, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 13 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Mississippi and Texas marked
Born in Mississippi, registered in Harrison County, Texas
Mississippi
Birthplace
13 years
In Texas
13 years
In the county
about 1854
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1854 to 1870

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In Harrison County

Lewis N. Perry

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Lewis N. Perry
Place of birth
Mississippi
County of registration
Harrison County
Precinct
3
Registered
August 21, 1867
Years in Texas
13 years
Years in Harrison County
13 years
Years in the precinct
1 year
Signature, as written
"J. N. Perry"
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Harrison County highlighted
Harrison County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Perry in Harrison County

Perrys elsewhere in Texas

All 58 freedmen named Perry 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 72 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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