Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Milton Anderson, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Milton Anderson registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 14, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 4 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Milton Anderson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Milton Anderson
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 14, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 4 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Anderson in Brazoria County
- Charles Andersonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1851
- George Andersonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1860
- Isaac Andersonborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1841
- Mannuel Andersonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1862
- Sammuel Andersonborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1858
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 18 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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