Davis County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Dren Henry, Davis County, Texas, 1869
Dren Henry registered to vote in Davis County on November 23, 1869. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 3 of them in Davis County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Davis County registered 986 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- 18 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1848 to 1870
Dren Henry
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Dren [Dred] Henry
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Davis County
- Precinct
- 1
- Place of residence
- Davis County
- Registered
- November 23, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Davis County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years
- Years in Texas before Davis County
- 18 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
18 yearsDren [Dred] Henry reported 18 years more in Texas than in Davis County.
Other freedmen named Henry in Davis County
- George Henryborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1854
- James Henryborn in Missouri, reached Texas about 1864
- Richard Henryborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1860
Henrys 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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