Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Henderson, Fayette County, Texas, 1869
William Henderson registered to vote in Fayette County on November 18, 1869. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 23 years in Texas, 3 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 23 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- 20 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
William Henderson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Henderson
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- November 18, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 23 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years
- Years in Texas before Fayette County
- 20 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
20 yearsWilliam Henderson reported 20 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 Kentucky, reached Texas about 1847
- James Hendersonborn in Mississippi, 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. Fayette County's entries fill 70 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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