Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Patrick Henry, Walker County, Texas, 1867

Patrick Henry registered to vote in Walker County on August 30, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 22 years in Texas, 21 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Virginia and Texas marked
Born in Virginia, registered in Walker County, Texas
Virginia
Birthplace
22 years
In Texas
21 years
In the county
about 1845
Reached Texas
1 year
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1845 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Walker County

Patrick Henry

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Patrick Henry
Place of birth
Virginia
County of registration
Walker County
Precinct
2
Registered
August 30, 1867
Years in Texas
22 years
Years in Walker County
21 years
Years in the precinct
1 year
Years in Texas before Walker County
1 year
Signature, as written
"Patrick X Henry"
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Walker County highlighted
Walker County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

1 year

Patrick Henry reported 1 year more in Texas than in Walker County.

Other freedmen named Henry in Walker County

Henrys elsewhere in Texas

All 98 freedmen named Henry 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 28 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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