Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Simon Henry, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Simon Henry registered to vote in Walker County. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 19 years in Texas, 10 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 19 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1848
- Reached Texas
- 9 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1848 to 1870
Simon Henry
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Simon Henry
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Years in Texas
- 19 years
- Years in Walker County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 9 years
- Signature, as written
- "E. his x mark Henry"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
9 yearsSimon Henry reported 9 years more in Texas than in Walker County.
Other freedmen named Henry in Walker County
- Alexander Henryborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1854
- George Henryborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1847
- George Henryborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1854
- Henry F. Henryborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1854
- John Henryborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1863
Henrys 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 25 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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