Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Jerry Henderson, Colorado County, Texas, 1867

Jerry Henderson registered to vote in Colorado County on August 9, 1867. He reported District of Columbia as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas, 6 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 District of Columbia and Texas marked
Born in District of Columbia, registered in Colorado County, Texas
District of Columbia
Birthplace
6 years
In Texas
6 years
In the county
about 1861
Reached Texas

What the register records

From 1860 to 1870

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In Colorado County

Jerry Henderson

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Jerry Henderson
Place of birth
District of Columbia
County of registration
Colorado County
Precinct
96° 32'
Registered
August 9, 1867
Years in Texas
6 years
Years in Colorado County
6 years
Years in the precinct
6 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Colorado County highlighted
Colorado County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Henderson in Colorado County

Hendersons elsewhere in Texas

All 114 freedmen named Henderson 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. Colorado County's entries fill 64 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.

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