Kaufman County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henson Harden, Kaufman County, Texas, 1867
Henson Harden registered to vote in Kaufman County on September 31, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 11 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Kaufman County registered 189 freedmen in 1867, 18% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 11 years
- In Texas
- about 1856
- Reached Texas
- 10 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1856 to 1870
Henson Harden
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henson Harden
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Kaufman County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- September 31, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 11 years
- Years in Kaufman County
- 2 months
- Years in the precinct
- 2 months
- Years in Texas before Kaufman County
- 10 years
- Signature, as written
- "Reuben Hardin"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
10 yearsHenson Harden reported 10 years more in Texas than in Kaufman County.
Other freedmen named Harden in Kaufman County
- Edmon Hardenborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1857
- Perry Hardenborn in Arkansas, reached Texas about 1863
Hardens 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 19 of the Kaufman County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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