Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Cravens, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Henry Cravens registered to vote in Anderson County on August 29, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Henry Cravens
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Cravens
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Cravens in Anderson County
- Jacob Cravensborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1848
Cravenses 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 34 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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