Henderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Pleasant Caldwell, Henderson County, Texas, 1867
Pleasant Caldwell registered to vote in Henderson County on August 19, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 11 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored. Removed to Anderson County" beside his name. Henderson County registered 294 freedmen in 1867, 28% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 11 years
- In Texas
- about 1856
- Reached Texas
- 10 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1856 to 1870
Pleasant Caldwell
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Pleasant Caldwell
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Henderson County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 11 years
- Years in Henderson County
- 7 months
- Years in the precinct
- 7 months
- Years in Texas before Henderson County
- 10 years
- Signature, as written
- "Pleasant Caldwell"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored. Removed to Anderson County"
Elsewhere in Texas
10 yearsPleasant Caldwell reported 10 years more in Texas than in Henderson County.
Caldwells 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 14 of the Henderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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