Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jasper Henderson, Leon County, Texas, 1867
Jasper Henderson registered to vote in Leon County on August 8, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 2 of them in Leon County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Jasper Henderson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jasper Henderson
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 8, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Leon County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Leon County
- 2 years
- Signature, as written
- "Jasper Henderson"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsJasper Henderson reported 2 years more in Texas than in Leon County.
Other freedmen named Henderson in Leon County
- Harry Hendersonborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1844
- John Hendersonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1852
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 4 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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