Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Bery Seales, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Bery Seales registered to vote in Harrison County on June 28, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
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In Harrison County
Bery Seales
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Bery Seales
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- June 28, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 10 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Sealeses 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 8 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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