Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Nelson Hendricks, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Nelson Hendricks registered to vote in Harrison County on July 13, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 2 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
- 6 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
Nelson Hendricks
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Nelson Hendricks
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Place of residence
- Marshall
- Registered
- July 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 6 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
6 yearsNelson Hendricks reported 6 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Hendricks in Harrison County
- Benjamin Hendricksborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1847
- Charles Hendricksborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1846
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 28 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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