Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Henderson, Galveston County, Texas, 1867
William Henderson registered to vote in Galveston County on June 11, 1867. He reported 18 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- 18 years
- In Texas
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
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In Galveston County
William Henderson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Henderson
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- June 11, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- 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 13 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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