Chambers County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Alfred Henry, Chambers County, Texas, 1867
Alfred Henry registered to vote in Chambers County on August 13, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 12 of them in Chambers County. The registrar wrote "Emancipation in 1863 in Texas" beside his name.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
- 8 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
Alfred Henry
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Alfred Henry
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Chambers County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Chambers County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Years in Texas before Chambers County
- 8 years
- Naturalized, how
- "Birth"
- Naturalized, when
- "1837"
- Naturalized, where
- "Texas"
- Signature, as written
- "Alfred Henry"
- Remarks, as written
- "Emancipation in 1863 in Texas"
Elsewhere in Texas
8 yearsAlfred Henry reported 8 years more in Texas than in Chambers County.
Other freedmen named Henry in Chambers County
- Isaac Henryborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1847
- Leonard Henryborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
- Robert Henryborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1840
Henrys 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 Chambers County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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