Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Henderson Daniels, Colorado County, Texas, 1867

Henderson Daniels registered to vote in Colorado County on August 3, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 4 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Alabama and Texas marked
Born in Alabama, registered in Colorado County, Texas
Alabama
Birthplace
18 years
In Texas
4 years
In the county
about 1849
Reached Texas
14 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1849 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Colorado County

Henderson Daniels

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Henderson Daniels
Place of birth
Alabama
County of registration
Colorado County
Precinct
96° 46'
Registered
August 3, 1867
Years in Texas
18 years
Years in Colorado County
4 years
Years in the precinct
4 years
Years in Texas before Colorado County
14 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Colorado County highlighted
Colorado County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

14 years

Henderson Daniels reported 14 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.

Other freedmen named Daniels in Colorado County

Danielses elsewhere in Texas

All 39 freedmen named Daniels in Texas

Variations of Daniels

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 29 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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