Lavaca County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Henry Philips, Lavaca County, Texas, 1867

Henry Philips registered to vote in Lavaca County on July 6, 1867. He reported 16 years in Texas, 16 of them in Lavaca County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Lavaca County registered 435 freedmen in 1867, 29% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in Lavaca County, Texas
16 years
In Texas
16 years
In the county
about 1851
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1851 to 1870

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In Lavaca County

Henry Philips

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Henry Philips
County of registration
Lavaca County
Precinct
6
Registered
July 6, 1867
Years in Texas
16 years
Years in Lavaca County
16 years
Years in the precinct
6 months
Naturalized, how
"County Court"
Naturalized, when
"July 30' 1860"
Naturalized, where
"Lowndesville, S.C."
Signature, as written
"Richard Samson"
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Lavaca County highlighted
Lavaca County on the 1870 county map

Philipses elsewhere in Texas

All 23 freedmen named Philips in Texas

Variations of Philips

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 5 of the Lavaca County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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