Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joseph Crawford, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Joseph Crawford registered to vote in Anderson County on July 27, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 4 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Joseph Crawford
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joseph Crawford
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- July 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Crawford in Anderson County
- Henry Crawfordborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1841
- Jim Crawfordborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1861
- Joseph Crawfordborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1853
Crawfords 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 4 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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