Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Ranson Butler, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Ranson Butler registered to vote in Anderson County on August 3, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 6 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
- 12 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
Ranson Butler
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Ranson Butler
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Registered
- August 3, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 6 years
- Years in Texas before Anderson County
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
12 yearsRanson Butler reported 12 years more in Texas than in Anderson County.
Other freedmen named Butler in Anderson County
- Alexander Butlerborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1864
- David Butlerborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1857
- Hilton Butlerborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1854
- Ramson Butlerborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1852
- Sam Butlerborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1854
Butlers 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 11 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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