Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jim Hendricks, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Jim Hendricks registered to vote in Walker County on August 31, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 11 years in Texas, 4 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 11 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1856
- Reached Texas
- 7 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1856 to 1870
Jim Hendricks
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jim Hendricks
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 31, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 11 years
- Years in Walker County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 months
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 7 years
- Signature, as written
- "J. M. X Hendricks"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
7 yearsJim Hendricks reported 7 years more in Texas than in Walker County.
Other freedmen named Hendricks in Walker County
- Charles Hendricksborn in Mississippi
Hendrickses elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Hendricks
- Hendrick 6
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 31 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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