Gonzales County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

C. K. Henry, Gonzales County, Texas, 1867

C. K. Henry registered to vote in Gonzales County on July 10, 1867. He reported 13 years in Texas, 10 of them in Gonzales County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Gonzales County registered 739 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in Gonzales County, Texas
13 years
In Texas
10 years
In the county
about 1854
Reached Texas
3 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1854 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Gonzales County

C. K. Henry

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
C. K. Henry
County of registration
Gonzales County
Precinct
1
Registered
July 10, 1867
Years in Texas
13 years
Years in Gonzales County
10 years
Years in the precinct
10 years
Years in Texas before Gonzales County
3 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Gonzales County highlighted
Gonzales County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

3 years

C. K. Henry reported 3 years more in Texas than in Gonzales County.

Other freedmen named Henry in Gonzales County

Henrys elsewhere in Texas

All 98 freedmen named Henry 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 3 of the Gonzales County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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