Wood County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Claburn Henderson, Wood County, Texas, 1867
Claburn Henderson registered to vote in Wood County on July 20, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 22 years in Texas, 12 of them in Wood County. The registrar wrote "Colored. Left" beside his name. Wood County registered 259 freedmen in 1867, 24% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 22 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- 10 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1845 to 1870
Claburn Henderson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Claburn Henderson
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Wood County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Years in Wood County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Wood County
- 10 years
- Signature, as written
- "Nelson his x mark Harrison"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored. Left"
Elsewhere in Texas
10 yearsClaburn Henderson reported 10 years more in Texas than in Wood County.
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 3 of the Wood County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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