Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Berton Henderson, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Berton Henderson registered to vote in Anderson County on August 13, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 1 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
- 17 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
Berton Henderson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Berton Henderson
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 7
- Registered
- August 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Years in Texas before Anderson County
- 17 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
17 yearsBerton Henderson reported 17 years more in Texas than in Anderson County.
Other freedmen named Henderson in Anderson County
- Abel Hendersonborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1852
- Calvin Hendersonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1845
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 20 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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