Davis County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Henderson, Davis County, Texas, 1869
James Henderson registered to vote in Davis County on November 22, 1869. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Davis County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Davis County registered 986 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
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In Davis County
James Henderson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Henderson
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Davis County
- Precinct
- 5
- Place of residence
- Davis County
- Registered
- November 22, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Davis County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 15 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Henderson in Davis County
- Buck Hendersonborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1854
- George Hendersonborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1854
- Harry Hendersonborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1854
- Jerry Hendersonborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1866
- Lensy Hendersonborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1854
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. Davis County's entries fill 67 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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