Henderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Samuel Raford, Henderson County, Texas, 1867
Samuel Raford registered to vote in Henderson County on August 8, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Henderson County registered 294 freedmen in 1867, 28% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 19 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
Samuel Raford
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Samuel Raford
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Henderson County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 8, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Henderson County
- 7 months
- Years in the precinct
- 7 months
- Years in Texas before Henderson County
- 19 years
- Signature, as written
- "Rufus Radford"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
19 yearsSamuel Raford reported 19 years more in Texas than in Henderson County.
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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