Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

John Caleinam, Anderson County, Texas, 1867

John Caleinam registered to vote in Anderson County on July 25, 1867. He reported 19 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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in Anderson County, Texas
19 years
In Texas
10 years
In the county
about 1848
Reached Texas
9 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1848 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Anderson County

John Caleinam

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
John Caleinam
County of registration
Anderson County
Precinct
3
Registered
July 25, 1867
Years in Texas
19 years
Years in Anderson County
10 years
Years in the precinct
12 years
Years in Texas before Anderson County
9 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Anderson County highlighted
Anderson County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

9 years

John Caleinam reported 9 years more in Texas than in Anderson County.

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. Anderson County's entries fill 53 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.

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