Bowie County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Robert Henderson, Bowie County, Texas, 1869
Robert Henderson registered to vote in Bowie County on November 22, 1869. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 1 of them in Bowie County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bowie County registered 462 freedmen in 1867, 55% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
- 11 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
Robert Henderson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Robert Henderson
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Bowie County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 22, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Bowie County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Bowie County
- 11 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
11 yearsRobert Henderson reported 11 years more in Texas than in Bowie County.
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 20 of the Bowie County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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