Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jacob Henry, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Jacob Henry registered to vote in Colorado County on July 17, 1867. He reported Maryland as his birthplace and 2 years in Texas, 2 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Maryland
- Birthplace
- 2 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1865
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Colorado County
Jacob Henry
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jacob Henry
- Place of birth
- Maryland
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- July 17, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 2 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Henry in Colorado County
- Abraham Henryborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1855
- George Henryborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1855
- James Henryborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1853
- James Henryborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1850
- John Henryborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1859
Henrys 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 11 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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