Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Robert Henry, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Robert Henry registered to vote in Colorado County on August 7, 1867. He reported Maryland as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 13 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
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 13 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
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In Colorado County
Robert Henry
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Robert Henry
- Place of birth
- Maryland
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- August 7, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 13 years
- Years in the precinct
- 13 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
- Jacob Henryborn in Maryland, reached Texas about 1865
- James Henryborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1853
- James Henryborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1850
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 32 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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