Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Charles Hendricks, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Charles Hendricks registered to vote in Harrison County on August 21, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
- 20 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
Charles Hendricks
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Charles Hendricks
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 7 months
- Years in the precinct
- 7 months
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 20 years
- Signature, as written
- "C. Hendricks"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
20 yearsCharles Hendricks reported 20 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Hendricks in Harrison County
- Benjamin Hendricksborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1847
- Nelson Hendricksborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1859
Hendrickses elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Hendricks
- Hendrick 6
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 72 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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