Hood County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Anderson Edwards, Hood County, Texas, 1867

Anderson Edwards registered to vote in Hood County. He reported Georgia as his birthplace. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Hood County registered 25 freedmen in 1867, 5% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Georgia and Texas marked
Born in Georgia, registered in Hood County, Texas
Georgia
Birthplace

What the register records

The register entry, column by column

Name
Anderson Edwards
Place of birth
Georgia
County of registration
Hood County
Precinct
1
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Hood County highlighted
Hood County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Edwards in Hood County

Edwardses elsewhere in Texas

All 94 freedmen named Edwards in Texas

Variations of Edwards

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 4 of the Hood County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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