Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Giles Berry, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Giles Berry registered to vote in Harrison County on July 3, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 1 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
- 12 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
Giles Berry
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Giles Berry
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 6
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- July 3, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 2 months
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
12 yearsGiles Berry reported 12 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Berry in Harrison County
- Joseph Berryborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1858
- William T. Berryborn in Alabama, 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 14 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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