Henderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jack Boyd, Henderson County, Texas, 1869
Jack Boyd registered to vote in Henderson County on November 16, 1869. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 6 of them in Henderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Henderson County registered 294 freedmen in 1867, 28% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- about 1848
- Reached Texas
- 15 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1848 to 1870
Jack Boyd
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jack Boyd
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Henderson County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 16, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Henderson County
- 6 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 years
- Years in Texas before Henderson County
- 15 years
- Signature, as written
- "Jack Boyd"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
15 yearsJack Boyd reported 15 years more in Texas than in Henderson County.
Other freedmen named Boyd in Henderson County
- Luke Boydborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1853
Boyds 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 22 of the Henderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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