Gonzales County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Griffin Anderson, Gonzales County, Texas, 1867
Griffin Anderson registered to vote in Gonzales County on July 22, 1867. He reported 27 years in Texas, 27 of them in Gonzales County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Gonzales County registered 739 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.
- 27 years
- In Texas
- 27 years
- In the county
- about 1840
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1840 to 1870
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In Gonzales County
Griffin Anderson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Griffin Anderson
- County of registration
- Gonzales County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- July 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 27 years
- Years in Gonzales County
- 27 years
- Years in the precinct
- 27 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Anderson in Gonzales County
- Jefferson Andersonreached Texas about 1841
- Jordon Andersonreached Texas about 1845
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 17 of the Gonzales County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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