Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Benjamin Berry, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Benjamin Berry registered to vote in Walker County on August 28, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 2 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 2 years
- In Texas
- about 1865
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Benjamin Berry
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Benjamin Berry
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 28, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 2 years
- Years in Walker County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "Benjamin Perry"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearBenjamin Berry reported 1 year more in Texas than in Walker County.
Other freedmen named Berry in Walker County
- James Berryborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1864
Berrys 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 23 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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