Guadalupe County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Anderson Porter, Guadalupe County, Texas, 1868
Anderson Porter registered to vote in Guadalupe County on January 28, 1868. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Guadalupe County registered 508 freedmen in 1867, 38% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- about 1867
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Guadalupe County
Anderson Porter
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Anderson Porter
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Guadalupe County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- January 28, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Guadalupe County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Porter in Guadalupe County
- George Porterborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1866
- Lucas Porterborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1866
Porters 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 26 of the Guadalupe County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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