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Perry in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 58 freedmen

58 freedmen named Perry registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. Many registered in Harrison County (7), Austin County (3) and Brazoria County (3). The birthplaces they reported most often were Tennessee, Virginia and Texas. The earliest of them reached Texas about 1837.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with the counties where the Perrys registered highlighted
Counties where freedmen named Perry registered, on the 1870 county map
58
Freedmen
29
Counties
Tennessee
Largest birthplace
1837
Earliest arrival
1860s
Fullest decade

Where the Perrys registered

Texas counties where the Perrys registered
CountyFreedmen%
Harrison County712%
Austin County35%
Brazoria County35%
Brazos County35%
Fayette County35%
Galveston County35%
Grayson County35%
Wharton County35%
Bosque County23%
Cherokee County23%
Colorado County23%
Dallas County23%
Fort Bend County23%
Hunt County23%
Jackson County23%
McLennan County23%
Walker County23%
Bastrop County12%
Burleson County12%
Collin County12%
Cooke County12%
Falls County12%
Freestone County12%
Goliad County12%
Hays County12%
Hopkins County12%
Jefferson County12%
Leon County12%
Tarrant County12%

Where the Perrys were born

Birthplaces the Perrys reported
BirthplaceFreedmen%
Tennessee823%
Virginia514%
Texas411%
Alabama39%
Georgia39%
North Carolina39%
Florida26%
Mississippi26%
South Carolina26%
Illinois13%
Kentucky13%
Louisiana13%

When the Perrys reached Texas

Reported arrival decades for the Perrys
DecadeFreedmen
1830s
3
1840s
11
1850s
19
1860s
24

Every Perry in the register

The Perrys in the register, 1 to 50 of 58
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
Aaron PerryJackson County1863
Allen PerryBrazoria CountyTexas1845
Anderson PerryGalveston County
Arthur PerryFort Bend County1866
Berry PerryBrazos County1858
Bob PerryCherokee CountyFlorida1866
Bob O. PerryCherokee CountyFlorida
Calvin PerryLeon CountyLouisiana1862
Charles PerryAustin CountyVirginia1866
Charles PerryHopkins CountyTennessee1865
Chatham PerryHays CountyTexas1866
David PerryAustin CountyAlabama1850
Elija PerryMcLennan County1867
Gallant PerryGoliad County1859
George PerryBosque County1856
George PerryBrazoria CountyVirginia1844
George PerryBurleson County1859
George PerryHunt CountySouth Carolina1857
Granville PerryGrayson CountyTennessee1855
Henry PerryFreestone CountyTennessee1865
J.L. PerryFalls County
James PerryHarrison CountyGeorgia1849
James PerryWalker CountyVirginia
John PerryBosque County1861
Joseph PerryBrazos County1859
Joseph PerryGrayson CountyTennessee1851
Lanford PerryWharton County1866
Lernard PerryBastrop CountyAlabama1860
Levi PerryWalker CountyAlabama
Lewis PerryColorado CountyGeorgia1839
Lewis N. PerryHarrison CountyMississippi1854
Louis PerryWharton County1866
Marten PerryTarrant CountyGeorgia1859
Martin PerryGrayson CountyTennessee1851
Mingo PerryHarrison CountyNorth Carolina1846
Moody PerryCooke CountyCreek Nation1852
Nelson PerryHarrison CountyMississippi1849
Oliver PerryGalveston County1857
Peter PerryColorado CountySouth Carolina1857
Price PerryJackson County1857
Reuben PerryBrazos County1848
Robert PerryGalveston County1856
Sam PerryAustin CountyVirginia1838
Samuel PerryFayette County
Scott PerryDallas CountyTennessee1858
Sim PerryFayette CountyTennessee1837
Simon PerryMcLennan County1866
Simon P. PerryHunt CountyVirginia1846
Solomon PerryWharton County1866
Stephen PerryFort Bend County1844

Perry genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named Perry in Texas?

Start with the county: this is African American genealogy from the register itself. Harrison County holds 7 of the 58, Austin County 3. Open a name to read the original handwritten register page and the names written around it. Names were written in more than one form, so try the sound of the name as well as its letters.

Where did the Perrys in Texas come from?

They reported Tennessee (8), Virginia (5) and Texas (4) as their birthplaces most often. These are the answers the men themselves gave a board of registrars between 1867 and 1870.

Which Texas counties had the most freedmen named Perry?

Harrison County (7), Austin County (3), Brazoria County (3). In all, 58 registered across 29 Texas counties between 1867 and 1870.

Sources

Figures come from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. Registrars wrote each name as they heard it, so Perry appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

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