Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Benjamin Anderson, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Benjamin Anderson registered to vote in Anderson County on July 26, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 12 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
Benjamin Anderson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Benjamin Anderson
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- July 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Anderson in Anderson County
- Anthony Andersonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1849
- Buck Andersonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1852
- Edmmund Andersonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1853
- George Andersonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1847
- 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 2 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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