Bexar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Sam Henry, Bexar County, Texas, 1867
Sam Henry registered to vote in Bexar County on July 10, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bexar County registered 500 freedmen in 1867, 22% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
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In Bexar County
Sam Henry
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Sam Henry
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Bexar County
- Registered
- July 10, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Henry in Bexar County
- Charles Henryborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1866
- Isaac Henryborn in Maryland, reached Texas about 1852
Henrys 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 13 of the Bexar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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