Henderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Willis Crenshaw, Henderson County, Texas, 1869
Willis Crenshaw registered to vote in Henderson County on November 22, 1869. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 2 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
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
- 14 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
Willis Crenshaw
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Willis Crenshaw
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Henderson County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 22, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Henderson County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Henderson County
- 14 years
- Signature, as written
- "Miles his X mark Earnshaw"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
14 yearsWillis Crenshaw reported 14 years more in Texas than in Henderson County.
Crenshaws 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 24 of the Henderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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