Henderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Manuel Alexander, Henderson County, Texas, 1867
Manuel Alexander registered to vote in Henderson County on August 6, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 5 of them in Henderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Henderson County registered 294 freedmen in 1867, 28% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Manuel Alexander
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Manuel Alexander
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Henderson County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 6, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Henderson County
- 5 years
- Years in the precinct
- 5 years
- Signature, as written
- "Manuel Alexander"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Alexander in Henderson County
- Allen Alexanderborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1864
Alexanders 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 8 of the Henderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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