Henderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Wiatt Ross, Henderson County, Texas, 1867
Wiatt Ross registered to vote in Henderson County on August 5, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 7 of them in Henderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Henderson County registered 294 freedmen in 1867, 28% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
- 9 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
Wiatt Ross
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Wiatt Ross
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Henderson County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Henderson County
- 7 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 years
- Years in Texas before Henderson County
- 9 years
- Signature, as written
- "Wash his x mark Ross"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
9 yearsWiatt Ross reported 9 years more in Texas than in Henderson County.
Rosses 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 Henderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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