Chambers County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Frank Berry, Chambers County, Texas, 1867
Frank Berry registered to vote in Chambers County on August 19, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 23 years in Texas, 11 of them in Chambers County. The registrar wrote "Emancipation in 1863 in Louisiana" beside his name.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 23 years
- In Texas
- 11 years
- In the county
- about 1844
- Reached Texas
- 12 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1844 to 1870
Frank Berry
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Frank Berry
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Chambers County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 23 years
- Years in Chambers County
- 11 years
- Years in the precinct
- 11 years
- Years in Texas before Chambers County
- 12 years
- Naturalized, how
- "Emancipation"
- Naturalized, when
- "1863"
- Naturalized, where
- "La."
- Signature, as written
- "Francis Berry"
- Remarks, as written
- "Emancipation in 1863 in Louisiana"
Elsewhere in Texas
12 yearsFrank Berry reported 12 years more in Texas than in Chambers 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 4 of the Chambers County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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