Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Lewis Anderson, Galveston County, Texas, 1867

Lewis Anderson registered to vote in Galveston County on June 5, 1867. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in Galveston County, Texas
about 1867
Reached Texas

What the register records

From 1860 to 1870

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In Galveston County

Lewis Anderson

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Lewis Anderson
County of registration
Galveston County
Precinct
3
Registered
June 5, 1867
Years in Galveston County
1 month
Years in the precinct
1 month
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Galveston County highlighted
Galveston County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Anderson in Galveston County

Andersons elsewhere in Texas

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 4 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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