Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Patrick Henry, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Patrick Henry registered to vote in Colorado County on July 18, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 4 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
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Patrick Henry
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Patrick Henry
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- July 18, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearPatrick Henry reported 1 year more in Texas than in Colorado County.
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 13 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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