Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Chew, Anderson County, Texas, 1869
John Chew registered to vote in Anderson County on November 17, 1869. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas, 6 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 6 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Anderson County
John Chew
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Chew
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Registered
- November 17, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 6 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Chews 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 43 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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