Kaufman County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry White, Kaufman County, Texas, 1869
Henry White registered to vote in Kaufman County on August 20, 1869. He reported Florida as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Kaufman County registered 189 freedmen in 1867, 18% of its voters.
- Florida
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Henry White
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry White
- Place of birth
- Florida
- County of registration
- Kaufman County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 20, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Kaufman County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Kaufman County
- 2 years
- Signature, as written
- "Henry White"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsHenry White reported 2 years more in Texas than in Kaufman County.
Other freedmen named White in Kaufman County
- Edward Whiteborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1864
- Jim Whiteborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1866
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 12 of the Kaufman County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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