Van Zandt County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Webb, Van Zandt County, Texas, 1869
Henry Webb registered to vote in Van Zandt County on November 24, 1869. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 9 years in Texas, 3 of them in Van Zandt County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Van Zandt County registered 153 freedmen in 1867, 17% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 9 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
- 6 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
Henry Webb
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Webb
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Van Zandt County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- November 24, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 9 years
- Years in Van Zandt County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years
- Years in Texas before Van Zandt County
- 6 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
6 yearsHenry Webb reported 6 years more in Texas than in Van Zandt County.
Other freedmen named Webb in Van Zandt County
- Stephen Webbborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1866
- Stephen Webbborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1857
Webbs 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 22 of the Van Zandt County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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