Freestone County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Harry Anderson, Freestone County, Texas, 1867

Harry Anderson registered to vote in Freestone County on July 20, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Freestone County registered 960 freedmen in 1867, 54% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Alabama and Texas marked
Born in Alabama, registered in Freestone County, Texas
Alabama
Birthplace
about 1867
Reached Texas

What the register records

From 1860 to 1870

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In Freestone County

Harry Anderson

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Harry Anderson
Place of birth
Alabama
County of registration
Freestone County
Precinct
5
Registered
July 20, 1867
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Freestone County highlighted
Freestone County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Anderson in Freestone County

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All 207 freedmen named Anderson 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 2 of the Freestone County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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