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.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 6 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
- 5 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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"
Elsewhere in Texas
5 yearsBerry Brown reported 5 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Brown in Harrison County
- Albert Brownborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1861
- Austin Brownborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1846
- Bill Brownborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1852
- Charles Brownborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1847
- Edmun Brownborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1852
Browns 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. Harrison County's entries fill 92 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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