Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Charles Calvin, Anderson County, Texas, 1869
Charles Calvin registered to vote in Anderson County on November 16, 1869. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 22 years in Texas, 22 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
- 22 years
- In Texas
- 22 years
- In the county
- about 1845
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1845 to 1870
Charles Calvin
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Charles Calvin
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Registered
- November 16, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 22 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Calvin in Anderson County
- Ben Calvinborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1852
- Tim Calvinborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1861
Calvins 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 42 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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