Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henderson Ball, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Henderson Ball registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 23, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 8 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
Henderson Ball
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henderson Ball
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 8 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Ball in Brazoria County
- Jeremiah Ballborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1861
- Jesse Ballborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1852
- Thomas Ballborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1859
Balls 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 27 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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