Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William T. Berry, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
William T. Berry registered to vote in Harrison County on June 25, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 9 years in Texas, 9 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 9 years
- In Texas
- 9 years
- In the county
- about 1858
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1858 to 1870
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In Harrison County
William T. Berry
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William T. Berry
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Place of residence
- Marshall. Harrison County.
- Registered
- June 25, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 9 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 9 years
- Years in the precinct
- 9 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Berry in Harrison County
- Giles Berryborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1854
- Joseph Berryborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1858
- Willis Berryborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1846
Berrys 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 2 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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