Henderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Losson Henderson, Henderson County, Texas, 1867
Losson Henderson registered to vote in Henderson County on August 23, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 2 of them in Henderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored. Removed" beside his name. Henderson County registered 294 freedmen in 1867, 28% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Losson Henderson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Losson Henderson
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Henderson County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Henderson County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Henderson County
- 2 years
- Signature, as written
- "Milton Henderson"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored. Removed"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsLosson Henderson reported 2 years more in Texas than in Henderson County.
Other freedmen named Henderson in Henderson County
- William Hendersonborn in Arkansas, reached Texas about 1859
Hendersons 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 16 of the Henderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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