Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Jackson Cornelius, Anderson County, Texas, 1867

Jackson Cornelius registered to vote in Anderson County on July 25, 1867. He reported Arkansas as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 3 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Arkansas and Texas marked
Born in Arkansas, registered in Anderson County, Texas
Arkansas
Birthplace
18 years
In Texas
3 years
In the county
about 1849
Reached Texas
15 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1849 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Anderson County

Jackson Cornelius

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Jackson Cornelius
Place of birth
Arkansas
County of registration
Anderson County
Precinct
12
Registered
July 25, 1867
Years in Texas
18 years
Years in Anderson County
3 years
Years in the precinct
12 years
Years in Texas before Anderson County
15 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Anderson County highlighted
Anderson County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

15 years

Jackson Cornelius reported 15 years more in Texas than in Anderson County.

Other freedmen named Cornelius in Anderson County

Corneliuses elsewhere in Texas

All 4 freedmen named Cornelius 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. Anderson County's entries fill 53 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.

African American genealogy in Anderson County, Texas

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