Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Henry Henner, Matagorda County, Texas, 1867

Henry Henner registered to vote in Matagorda County on August 6, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 13 of them in Matagorda County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Virginia and Texas marked
Born in Virginia, registered in Matagorda County, Texas
Virginia
Birthplace
16 years
In Texas
13 years
In the county
about 1851
Reached Texas
3 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1851 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Matagorda County

Henry Henner

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Henry Henner
Place of birth
Virginia
County of registration
Matagorda County
Precinct
1
Registered
August 6, 1867
Years in Texas
16 years
Years in Matagorda County
13 years
Years in the precinct
9 years
Years in Texas before Matagorda County
3 years
Signature, as written
"P G Hopkins"
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Matagorda County highlighted
Matagorda County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

3 years

Henry Henner reported 3 years more in Texas than in Matagorda County.

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 Matagorda County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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