Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henson Love, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Henson Love registered to vote in Walker County on August 27, 1867. He reported Maryland as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Maryland
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Henson Love
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henson Love
- Place of birth
- Maryland
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Walker County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 3 years
- Signature, as written
- "W. X Love"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsHenson Love reported 3 years more in Texas than in Walker County.
Other freedmen named Love in Walker County
- Allen Loveborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1863
- Anderson Loveborn in Louisiana
- Newton Loveborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1863
- Perry Loveborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1842
Loves 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 21 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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