Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Albert Roseberry, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Albert Roseberry registered to vote in Harrison County on July 8, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 15 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.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 11 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Albert Roseberry
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Albert Roseberry
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 11
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- July 8, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 11 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
11 yearsAlbert Roseberry reported 11 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Roseberry in Harrison County
- Anderson Roseberryborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1851
- Cornelius Roseberryborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1850
Roseberrys 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 21 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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