Hunt County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Perry, Hunt County, Texas, 1867
George Perry registered to vote in Hunt County on July 30, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 2 of them in Hunt County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Hunt County registered 149 freedmen in 1867, 12% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
- 8 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
George Perry
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Perry
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Hunt County
- Precinct
- 10
- Registered
- July 30, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Hunt County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Hunt County
- 8 years
- Signature, as written
- "George Perry"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
8 yearsGeorge Perry reported 8 years more in Texas than in Hunt County.
Other freedmen named Perry in Hunt County
- Simon P. Perryborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1846
Perrys 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 10 of the Hunt County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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