Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Pleasant Overby, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Pleasant Overby registered to vote in Anderson County on August 15, 1867. He reported South Carolina 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.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Pleasant Overby
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Pleasant Overby
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 5
- Place of residence
- Kickapoo, Anderson County
- Registered
- August 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 23 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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