Henderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Abram Stovall, Henderson County, Texas, 1867
Abram Stovall registered to vote in Henderson County on July 27, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 of them in Henderson County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Henderson County registered 294 freedmen in 1867, 28% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
Abram Stovall
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Abram Stovall
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Henderson County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- July 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Henderson County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Signature, as written
- "Abram Stovall"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Stovalls 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 1 of the Henderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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