Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Banks, Brazoria County, Texas, 1869
Henry Banks registered to vote in Brazoria County on November 24, 1869. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 25 years in Texas, 1 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 25 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- 24 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1844 to 1870
Henry Banks
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Banks
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 24, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 25 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Brazoria County
- 24 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
24 yearsHenry Banks reported 24 years more in Texas than in Brazoria County.
Other freedmen named Banks in Brazoria County
- Albert Banksborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1848
- Butler Banksborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1853
- James Banksborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1857
- Simon Banksborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1847
Bankses 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 40 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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