Henderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry James, Henderson County, Texas, 1869
Henry James registered to vote in Henderson County on November 24, 1869. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 4 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
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
- 6 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
Henry James
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry James
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Henderson County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 24, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Henderson County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Years in Texas before Henderson County
- 6 years
- Signature, as written
- "B. F. Robbins"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
6 yearsHenry James reported 6 years more in Texas than in Henderson County.
Other freedmen named James in Henderson County
- Nathan Jamesborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1852
Jameses 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 25 of the Henderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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