Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Anderson, Austin County, Texas, 1869
John Anderson registered to vote in Austin County on November 20, 1869. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 19 years in Texas, 19 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 19 years
- In Texas
- 19 years
- In the county
- about 1850
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1850 to 1870
John Anderson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Anderson
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- November 20, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 19 years
- Years in Austin County
- 19 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Anderson in Austin County
- Caleb Andersonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1840
- Stephen Andersonborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1850
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 57 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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