Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Walter Hendrick, Leon County, Texas, 1867
Walter Hendrick registered to vote in Leon County on August 22, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Walter Hendrick
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Walter Hendrick
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Leon County
- 4 months
- Years in the precinct
- 8 months
- Years in Texas before Leon County
- 3 years
- Signature, as written
- "Walter Kendrick"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsWalter Hendrick reported 3 years more in Texas than in Leon County.
Hendricks elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Hendrick
- Hendricks 14
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 19 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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