Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Patrick Henry, Walker County, Texas, 1869
Patrick Henry registered to vote in Walker County on November 23, 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
Patrick Henry
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Patrick Henry
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- November 23, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Walker County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Naturalized, how
- "Texas"
- Signature, as written
- "Patrick X Henry"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 48 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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