Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Bery Elliott, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Bery Elliott registered to vote in Harrison County on June 29, 1867. He reported Missouri as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 4 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Missouri
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Harrison County
Bery Elliott
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Bery Elliott
- Place of birth
- Missouri
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- June 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Elliott in Harrison County
- Pock Elliottborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1860
Elliotts elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Elliott
- Elliot 7
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 10 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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