Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Berry Brown, Harrison County, Texas, 1867

Berry Brown registered to vote in Harrison County on July 13, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 6 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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Tennessee and Texas marked
Born in Tennessee, registered in Harrison County, Texas
Tennessee
Birthplace
6 years
In Texas
1 year
In the county
about 1861
Reached Texas
5 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Harrison County

Berry Brown

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Berry Brown
Place of birth
Tennessee
County of registration
Harrison County
Precinct
2
Place of residence
Harrison County
Registered
July 13, 1867
Years in Texas
6 years
Years in Harrison County
1 year
Years in the precinct
1 year
Years in Texas before Harrison County
5 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Harrison County highlighted
Harrison County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

5 years

Berry Brown reported 5 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.

Other freedmen named Brown in Harrison County

Browns elsewhere in Texas

All 383 freedmen named Brown 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. Harrison County's entries fill 92 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.

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