Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Bery Britt, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Bery Britt registered to vote in Harrison County on June 27, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 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
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Bery Britt
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Bery Britt
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 3
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- June 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 15 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Britt in Harrison County
- Ben Brittborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1849
- George Brittborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1848
- Henry Brittborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1846
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. Harrison County's entries fill 92 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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