Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Anthony Anderson, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Anthony Anderson registered to vote in Anderson County on July 29, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 15 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
Anthony Anderson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Anthony Anderson
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- July 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Years in Texas before Anderson County
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsAnthony Anderson reported 3 years more in Texas than in Anderson County.
Other freedmen named Anderson in Anderson County
- Benjamin Andersonborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1855
- Buck Andersonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1852
- Edmmund Andersonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1853
- George Andersonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1847
- Henry Andersonborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1851
Andersons 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 4 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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