Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Henderson, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
James Henderson registered to vote in Fayette County on July 10, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 8 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
- 12 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
James Henderson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Henderson
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 10, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 years
- Years in Texas before Fayette County
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
12 yearsJames Henderson reported 12 years more in Texas than in Fayette County.
Other freedmen named Henderson in Fayette County
- Arnold Hendersonborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1859
- Bill Hendersonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1852
- Charles Hendersonborn in Arkansas, reached Texas about 1854
- James Hendersonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1848
- James Hendersonborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1859
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 5 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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