Henderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Peter Cain, Henderson County, Texas, 1867
Peter Cain registered to vote in Henderson County on July 31, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas, 3 of them in Henderson County. Henderson County registered 294 freedmen in 1867, 28% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Henderson County
Peter Cain
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Peter Cain
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Henderson County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- July 31, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Henderson County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 years
- Signature, as written
- "Peter Cain"
Other freedmen named Cain in Henderson County
- James Cainborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1864
Cains 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 3 of the Henderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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