Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Ruben Henderson, Galveston County, Texas, 1869
Ruben Henderson registered to vote in Galveston County on November 25, 1869. He reported 1 year in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- 1 year
- In Texas
- about 1868
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Galveston County
Ruben Henderson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Ruben Henderson
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- November 25, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- 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 66 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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