Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Anderson, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
John Anderson registered to vote in Anderson County on August 24, 1867. He reported Pennsylvania 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.
- Pennsylvania
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
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In Anderson County
John Anderson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Anderson
- Place of birth
- Pennsylvania
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 24, 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
- Benjamin Andersonborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1855
- Buck Andersonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1852
- Edmmund Andersonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1853
- George Andersonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1847
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 26 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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