Atascosa County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Banks, Atascosa County, Texas, 1867
Henry Banks registered to vote in Atascosa County on July 6, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 28 years in Texas, 1 of them in Atascosa County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Atascosa County registered 30 freedmen in 1867, 6% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 28 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1839
- Reached Texas
- 27 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1839 to 1870
Henry Banks
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Banks
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Atascosa County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 6, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 28 years
- Years in Atascosa County
- 1 year 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year 6 months
- Years in Texas before Atascosa County
- 27 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
27 yearsHenry Banks reported 27 years more in Texas than in Atascosa County.
Bankses 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 1 of the Atascosa County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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