Bexar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Henderson, Bexar County, Texas, 1867
William Henderson registered to vote in Bexar County on July 17, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bexar County registered 500 freedmen in 1867, 22% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 6 years
- In Texas
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Bexar County
William Henderson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Henderson
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Bexar County
- Registered
- July 17, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Henderson in Bexar County
- Nat Hendersonborn in Maryland, reached Texas about 1853
- Theodore Hendersonborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1857
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 26 of the Bexar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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