Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Aaron Caldwell, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Aaron Caldwell registered to vote in Anderson County on July 29, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 13 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 13 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
Aaron Caldwell
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Aaron Caldwell
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- July 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 13 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Caldwell in Anderson County
- Alex Caldwellborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1855
Caldwells 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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