Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Manuel Anderson, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Manuel Anderson registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 8, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 5 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Manuel Anderson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Manuel Anderson
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 8, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 5 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
- Milton Andersonborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1863
- 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 12 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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