Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jack Henderson, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Jack Henderson registered to vote in Harrison County on August 17, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 12 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- 9 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
Jack Henderson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jack Henderson
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 17, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 9 years
- Signature, as written
- "J. Henderson"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
9 yearsJack Henderson reported 9 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Henderson in Harrison County
- Calvin Hendersonborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1859
- David Hendersonborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1866
- James Hendersonborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1852
- Jerry Hendersonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1852
- Kiah Hendersonborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1865
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. It sits on page 65 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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