Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Silas Butler, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Silas Butler registered to vote in Anderson County on August 30, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
Silas Butler
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Silas Butler
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 30, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Butler in Anderson County
- Alexander Butlerborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1864
- David Butlerborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1857
- George Butlerborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1849
- Hilton Butlerborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1854
- Ramson Butlerborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1852
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 35 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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