Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Caleb Anderson, Austin County, Texas, 1868
Caleb Anderson registered to vote in Austin County on January 30, 1868. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 28 years in Texas, 28 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 28 years
- In Texas
- 28 years
- In the county
- about 1840
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1840 to 1870
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In Austin County
Caleb Anderson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Caleb Anderson
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- January 30, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 28 years
- Years in Austin County
- 28 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Anderson in Austin County
- John Andersonborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1850
- 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 50 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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