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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Tennessee and Texas marked
Born in Tennessee, registered in Bexar County, Texas
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"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Bexar County highlighted
Bexar County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Henderson in Bexar County

Hendersons elsewhere in Texas

All 114 freedmen named Henderson 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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