Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Hines, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Henry Hines registered to vote in Colorado County on August 23, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 15 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
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 11 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Henry Hines
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Hines
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- August 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 11 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
11 yearsHenry Hines reported 11 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.
Other freedmen named Hines in Colorado County
- Fayette Hinesborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1842
- Frank Hinesborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1864
- Luckas Hinesborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1836
- Minor Hinesborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1841
Hineses 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 44 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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