Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jacob Cravens, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Jacob Cravens registered to vote in Anderson County on July 24, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 19 years in Texas, 9 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 19 years
- In Texas
- 9 years
- In the county
- about 1848
- Reached Texas
- 10 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1848 to 1870
Jacob Cravens
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jacob Cravens
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- July 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 19 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 9 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Years in Texas before Anderson County
- 10 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
10 yearsJacob Cravens reported 10 years more in Texas than in Anderson County.
Other freedmen named Cravens in Anderson County
- Henry Cravensborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1852
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 1 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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