Houston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Levi Terry, Houston County, Texas, 1867
Levi Terry registered to vote in Houston County on July 26, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Houston County registered 963 freedmen in 1867, 50% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 7 years
- In Texas
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
- 6 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
Levi Terry
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Levi Terry
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Houston County
- Precinct
- 10
- Registered
- July 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Houston County
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Houston County
- 6 years
- Signature, as written
- "Levi his X mark Perry."
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
6 yearsLevi Terry reported 6 years more in Texas than in Houston County.
Terrys 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 6 of the Houston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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