Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Wm Henderson, Galveston County, Texas, 1867
Wm Henderson registered to vote in Galveston County on June 4, 1867. He reported 29 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- 29 years
- In Texas
- about 1838
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1838 to 1870
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In Galveston County
Wm Henderson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Wm Henderson
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- June 4, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 29 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 months
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Henderson in Galveston County
- Henry Hendersonreached Texas about 1866
- Jerry Henderson
- Josiah Hendersonreached Texas about 1863
- Josiah Hendersonreached Texas about 1866
- P H Hendersonreached Texas about 1865
Hendersons 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 2 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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