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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Tennessee and Texas marked
Born in Tennessee, registered in Anderson County, Texas
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

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Anderson County

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"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Anderson County highlighted
Anderson County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

10 years

Jacob Cravens reported 10 years more in Texas than in Anderson County.

Other freedmen named Cravens in Anderson County

Cravenses elsewhere in Texas

All 3 freedmen named Cravens 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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