Bexar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Theodore Henderson, Bexar County, Texas, 1867
Theodore Henderson registered to vote in Bexar County on July 9, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bexar County registered 500 freedmen in 1867, 22% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
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In Bexar County
Theodore Henderson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Theodore Henderson
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Bexar County
- Registered
- July 9, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Henderson in Bexar County
- Nat Hendersonborn in Maryland, reached Texas about 1853
- 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 12 of the Bexar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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