Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Billey Henderson, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Billey Henderson registered to vote in Walker County on August 30, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 1 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
- 15 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
Billey Henderson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Billey Henderson
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 30, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Walker County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 15 years
- Signature, as written
- "R. Henderson"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
15 yearsBilley Henderson reported 15 years more in Texas than in Walker County.
Other freedmen named Henderson in Walker County
- Elan Hendersonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1862
- York Hendersonborn in Virginia
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 28 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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