Henderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Robert Hunt, Henderson County, Texas, 1867
Robert Hunt registered to vote in Henderson County on August 7, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 30 years in Texas, 4 of them in Henderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Henderson County registered 294 freedmen in 1867, 28% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 30 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1837
- Reached Texas
- 26 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1837 to 1870
Robert Hunt
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Robert Hunt
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Henderson County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 7, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 30 years
- Years in Henderson County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Henderson County
- 26 years
- Signature, as written
- "Robert L. Hunt"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
26 yearsRobert Hunt reported 26 years more in Texas than in Henderson County.
Hunts 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 9 of the Henderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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