Henderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Polk White, Henderson County, Texas, 1869
Polk White registered to vote in Henderson County on November 23, 1869. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 of them in Henderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Henderson County registered 294 freedmen in 1867, 28% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
Polk White
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Polk White
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Henderson County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 23, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Henderson County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 10 years
- Signature, as written
- "Polk his X mark White"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named White in Henderson County
- Wash Whiteborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1857
Whites 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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