Kaufman County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Berry, Kaufman County, Texas, 1867
Henry Berry registered to vote in Kaufman County on August 26, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 24 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Kaufman County registered 189 freedmen in 1867, 18% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 24 years
- In Texas
- about 1843
- Reached Texas
- 23 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1843 to 1870
Henry Berry
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Berry
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Kaufman County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 24 years
- Years in Kaufman County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Kaufman County
- 23 years
- Signature, as written
- "Lucky Berry"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
23 yearsHenry Berry reported 23 years more in Texas than in Kaufman County.
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 15 of the Kaufman County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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