Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
York Henderson, Walker County, Texas, 1869
York Henderson registered to vote in Walker County on November 19, 1869. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 1 year 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.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1868
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Walker County
York Henderson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- York Henderson
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 19, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Walker County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "York his X mark Henderson"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Henderson in Walker County
- Billey Hendersonborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1851
- Elan Hendersonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1862
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 42 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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