Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Crawford, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Henry Crawford registered to vote in Anderson County on July 27, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 26 years in Texas, 14 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 26 years
- In Texas
- 14 years
- In the county
- 12 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1841 to 1870
Henry Crawford
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Crawford
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- July 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 26 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 14 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Years in Texas before Anderson County
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
12 yearsHenry Crawford reported 12 years more in Texas than in Anderson County.
Other freedmen named Crawford in Anderson County
- Jim Crawfordborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1861
- Joseph Crawfordborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1863
- 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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