Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Quincy Cornelius, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Quincy Cornelius registered to vote in Anderson County on August 2, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 26 years in Texas, 26 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 26 years
- In Texas
- 26 years
- In the county
- about 1841
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1841 to 1870
Quincy Cornelius
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Quincy Cornelius
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 2, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 26 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 26 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Cornelius in Anderson County
- Jackson Corneliusborn in Arkansas, reached Texas about 1849
Corneliuses 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 11 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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