Henderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Luke Boyd, Henderson County, Texas, 1867
Luke Boyd registered to vote in Henderson County on July 31, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 3 of them in Henderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Henderson County registered 294 freedmen in 1867, 28% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- 11 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
Luke Boyd
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Luke Boyd
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Henderson County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 31, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Henderson County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years
- Years in Texas before Henderson County
- 11 years
- Signature, as written
- "Ruth L. Boyd"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
11 yearsLuke Boyd reported 11 years more in Texas than in Henderson County.
Other freedmen named Boyd in Henderson County
- Jack Boydborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1848
Boyds 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 4 of the Henderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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