Jasper County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Henson Words, Jasper County, Texas, 1867

Henson Words registered to vote in Jasper County on August 22, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Jasper County registered 310 freedmen in 1867, 44% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Georgia and Texas marked
Born in Georgia, registered in Jasper County, Texas
Georgia
Birthplace

What the register records

The register entry, column by column

Name
Henson Words
Place of birth
Georgia
County of registration
Jasper County
Precinct
2
Registered
August 22, 1867
Signature, as written
"Vernon his x mark Ward"
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Jasper County highlighted
Jasper County on the 1870 county map

Wordses elsewhere in Texas

All 2 freedmen named Words in Texas

Variations of Words

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 7 of the Jasper County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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