Cherokee County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Herndon, Cherokee County, Texas, 1867
John Herndon registered to vote in Cherokee County on Jul. 16 1867. He reported Kentucky 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.
- Kentucky
- 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
John Herndon
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Herndon
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Cherokee County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- Jul. 16 1867
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Cherokee County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
Other freedmen named Herndon in Cherokee County
- Philip Herndonborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1866
Herndons 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 5 of the Cherokee County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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