Cherokee County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Peter Henry, Cherokee County, Texas, 1867

Peter Henry registered to vote in Cherokee County on Jul. 13 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas, 1 of them in Cherokee County. Cherokee County registered 695 freedmen in 1867, 30% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with North Carolina and Texas marked
Born in North Carolina, registered in Cherokee County, Texas
North Carolina
Birthplace
1 year
In Texas
1 year
In the county
about 1866
Reached Texas

What the register records

From 1860 to 1870

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In Cherokee County

Peter Henry

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Peter Henry
Place of birth
North Carolina
County of registration
Cherokee County
Precinct
2
Registered
Jul. 13 1867
Years in Texas
1 year
Years in Cherokee County
1 year
Years in the precinct
1 year
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Cherokee County highlighted
Cherokee County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Henry in Cherokee County

Henrys elsewhere in Texas

All 98 freedmen named Henry 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 4 of the Cherokee County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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