Henderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Columbus Street, Henderson County, Texas, 1869
Columbus Street registered to vote in Henderson County on November 22, 1869. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 12 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
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1856
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1856 to 1870
Columbus Street
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Columbus Street
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Henderson County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- November 22, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Henderson County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Henderson County
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "Columbus his X mark West"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearColumbus Street reported 1 year more in Texas than in Henderson County.
Streets 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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