Brazos County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Ben Anderson, Brazos County, Texas, 1869
Ben Anderson registered to vote in Brazos County on November 20, 1869. He reported 24 years in Texas, 1 of them in Brazos County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazos County registered 1,199 freedmen in 1867, 59% of its voters.
- 24 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1845
- Reached Texas
- 23 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1845 to 1870
Ben Anderson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Ben Anderson
- County of registration
- Brazos County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- November 20, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 24 years
- Years in Brazos County
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Brazos County
- 23 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
23 yearsBen Anderson reported 23 years more in Texas than in Brazos County.
Other freedmen named Anderson in Brazos County
- Ben Andersonreached Texas about 1848
- Ben. Andersonreached Texas about 1849
- Bryan Andersonreached Texas about 1851
- David Andersonreached Texas about 1846
- Sing Andersonreached Texas about 1864
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 40 of the Brazos County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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