Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Calvin Henderson, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Calvin Henderson registered to vote in Anderson County on August 7, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 22 years in Texas, 22 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 22 years
- In Texas
- 22 years
- In the county
- about 1845
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1845 to 1870
Calvin Henderson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Calvin Henderson
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 8
- Registered
- August 7, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 22 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Henderson in Anderson County
- Abel Hendersonborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1852
- Berton Hendersonborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1849
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. Anderson County's entries fill 53 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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