Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Anderson, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
George Anderson registered to vote in Anderson County on November 24, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 20 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
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
George Anderson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Anderson
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Registered
- November 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 20 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Anderson in Anderson County
- Anthony Andersonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1849
- 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
- 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 49 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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