Bexar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Nat Henderson, Bexar County, Texas, 1867
Nat Henderson registered to vote in Bexar County on July 5, 1867. He reported Maryland as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bexar County registered 500 freedmen in 1867, 22% of its voters.
- Maryland
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
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In Bexar County
Nat Henderson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Nat Henderson
- Place of birth
- Maryland
- County of registration
- Bexar County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- July 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Henderson in Bexar County
- Theodore Hendersonborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1857
- William Hendersonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1861
Hendersons 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 6 of the Bexar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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