Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Haynes, Colorado County, Texas, 1869
Henry Haynes registered to vote in Colorado County on November 26, 1869. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 15 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
Henry Haynes
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Haynes
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- November 26, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 15 years
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearHenry Haynes reported 1 year more in Texas than in Colorado County.
Hayneses 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 63 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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