Lamar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Madison Henson, Lamar County, Texas, 1869
Madison Henson registered to vote in Lamar County on July 5, 1869. He reported Missouri as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas, 3 of them in Lamar County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Lamar County registered 772 freedmen in 1867, 30% of its voters.
- Missouri
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Lamar County
Madison Henson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Madison Henson
- Place of birth
- Missouri
- County of registration
- Lamar County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- July 5, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Lamar County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "A. W. Brooks"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Henson in Lamar County
- Edmond Hensonborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1864
Hensons 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 3 of the Lamar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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