Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Cornelius Roseberry, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Cornelius Roseberry registered to vote in Harrison County on July 8, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 17 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
- 17 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1850
- Reached Texas
- 13 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1850 to 1870
Cornelius Roseberry
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Cornelius Roseberry
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 11
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- July 8, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 17 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 13 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
13 yearsCornelius Roseberry reported 13 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Roseberry in Harrison County
- Albert Roseberryborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1852
- Anderson Roseberryborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1851
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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