Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jacob Carey, Anderson County, Texas, 1869
Jacob Carey registered to vote in Anderson County on November 19, 1869. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 10 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.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
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In Anderson County
Jacob Carey
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jacob Carey
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Registered
- November 19, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 10 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Careys 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 44 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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