Lavaca County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Henderson, Lavaca County, Texas, 1867
John Henderson registered to vote in Lavaca County on July 1, 1867. He reported 10 years in Texas, 5 of them in Lavaca County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Lavaca County registered 435 freedmen in 1867, 29% of its voters.
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
- 5 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
John Henderson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Henderson
- County of registration
- Lavaca County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- July 1, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Lavaca County
- 5 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Lavaca County
- 5 years
- Signature, as written
- "John Henderson"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
5 yearsJohn Henderson reported 5 years more in Texas than in Lavaca County.
Hendersons 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 2 of the Lavaca County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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