Freestone County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Henry, Freestone County, Texas, 1867
William Henry registered to vote in Freestone County on August 1, 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 1867
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Freestone County
William Henry
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Henry
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Freestone County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 1, 1867
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Henry in Freestone County
- David Henryborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1867
- Horace Henryborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1854
- Jefferson Henryborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1845
- Moses Henryborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1867
- William Henryborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1852
Henrys 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 13 of the Freestone County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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