Henderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Wash White, Henderson County, Texas, 1867

Wash White registered to vote in Henderson County on July 29, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 6 of them in Henderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Henderson County registered 294 freedmen in 1867, 28% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Mississippi and Texas marked
Born in Mississippi, registered in Henderson County, Texas
Mississippi
Birthplace
10 years
In Texas
6 years
In the county
about 1857
Reached Texas
4 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1857 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Henderson County

Wash White

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Wash White
Place of birth
Mississippi
County of registration
Henderson County
Precinct
2
Registered
July 29, 1867
Years in Texas
10 years
Years in Henderson County
6 years
Years in the precinct
6 years
Years in Texas before Henderson County
4 years
Signature, as written
"Noah White"
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Henderson County highlighted
Henderson County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

4 years

Wash White reported 4 years more in Texas than in Henderson County.

Other freedmen named White in Henderson County

  • Polk Whiteborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1859

Whites elsewhere in Texas

All 172 freedmen named White 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 2 of the Henderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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