Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Cherry Henderson, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Cherry Henderson registered to vote in Colorado County on July 11, 1867. He reported Missouri as his birthplace and 15 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.
- Missouri
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Cherry Henderson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Cherry Henderson
- Place of birth
- Missouri
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- July 11, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 15 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Henderson in Colorado County
- B Hendersonborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1862
- Ben Hendersonborn in Missouri, reached Texas about 1862
- Captain Hendersonborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1847
- George Hendersonborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1855
- Henry Hendersonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1861
Hendersons 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 Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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