Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Edward Henderson, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Edward Henderson registered to vote in Austin County on July 21, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 9 years in Texas, 1 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 9 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1858
- Reached Texas
- 8 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1858 to 1870
Edward Henderson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Edward Henderson
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- July 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 9 years
- Years in Austin County
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 8 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
8 yearsEdward Henderson reported 8 years more in Texas than in Austin County.
Other freedmen named Henderson in Austin County
- Peter Hendersonborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1848
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 3 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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