Houston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Jenning, Houston County, Texas, 1867
Henry Jenning registered to vote in Houston County on July 20, 1867. He reported Missouri as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 6 of them in Houston County. Houston County registered 963 freedmen in 1867, 50% of its voters.
- Missouri
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 9 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Henry Jenning
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Jenning
- Place of birth
- Missouri
- County of registration
- Houston County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Houston County
- 6 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Houston County
- 9 years
- Signature, as written
- "Henry Jennings"
Elsewhere in Texas
9 yearsHenry Jenning reported 9 years more in Texas than in Houston County.
Variations of Jenning
- Jennings 13
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 Houston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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