Madison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Hunter, Madison County, Texas, 1867
Henry Hunter registered to vote in Madison County on August 5, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 4 of them in Madison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Madison County registered 254 freedmen in 1867, 40% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Madison County
Henry Hunter
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Hunter
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Madison County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Madison County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 18 months
- Signature, as written
- "Henry Lawton"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Hunters 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 2 of the Madison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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