Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Calvin, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
John Calvin registered to vote in Anderson County on August 26, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas, 5 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
- 6 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
John Calvin
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Calvin
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 5 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Years in Texas before Anderson County
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearJohn Calvin reported 1 year more in Texas than in Anderson County.
Other freedmen named Calvin in Anderson County
- Ben Calvinborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1852
Calvins 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 29 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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