Freestone County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Madison, Freestone County, Texas, 1867
Henry Madison registered to vote in Freestone County on August 26, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Freestone County registered 960 freedmen in 1867, 54% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
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In Freestone County
Henry Madison
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Madison
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Freestone County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 26, 1867
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Madison in Freestone County
- Dennis Madisonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1855
- James Madisonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1863
Madisons 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 30 of the Freestone County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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