Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

James Henry, Colorado County, Texas, 1867

James Henry registered to vote in Colorado County on August 15, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 17 years in Texas, 7 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 Tennessee and Texas marked
Born in Tennessee, registered in Colorado County, Texas
Tennessee
Birthplace
17 years
In Texas
7 years
In the county
about 1850
Reached Texas
10 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1850 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Colorado County

James Henry

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
James Henry
Place of birth
Tennessee
County of registration
Colorado County
Precinct
96° 32'
Registered
August 15, 1867
Years in Texas
17 years
Years in Colorado County
7 years
Years in the precinct
7 years
Years in Texas before Colorado County
10 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Colorado County highlighted
Colorado County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

10 years

James Henry reported 10 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.

Other freedmen named Henry in Colorado County

Henrys elsewhere in Texas

All 98 freedmen named Henry 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 41 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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