Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Cesar Buford, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Cesar Buford registered to vote in Anderson County on August 13, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 7 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
- 9 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
Cesar Buford
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Cesar Buford
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 7
- Registered
- August 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 7 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Years in Texas before Anderson County
- 9 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
9 yearsCesar Buford reported 9 years more in Texas than in Anderson County.
Other freedmen named Buford in Anderson County
- Mike Bufordborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1851
Bufords 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 20 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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