Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Arnold Henderson, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Arnold Henderson registered to vote in Fayette County on September 28, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 8 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.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
Arnold Henderson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Arnold Henderson
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- September 28, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Henderson in Fayette County
- Bill Hendersonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1852
- Charles Hendersonborn in Arkansas, reached Texas about 1854
- 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 54 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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