Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Charles Henderson, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Charles Henderson registered to vote in Fayette County on July 31, 1867. He reported Arkansas as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 13 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Arkansas
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 13 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
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In Fayette County
Charles Henderson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Charles Henderson
- Place of birth
- Arkansas
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- July 31, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 13 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Henderson in Fayette County
- Arnold Hendersonborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1859
- Bill Hendersonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1852
- James Hendersonborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1847
- 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 29 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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