Fort Bend County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Anderson, Fort Bend County, Texas, 1867
John Anderson registered to vote in Fort Bend County on August 14, 1867. He reported 8 years in Texas, 5 of them in Fort Bend County. Fort Bend County registered 1,360 freedmen in 1867, 81% of its voters.
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
1859186018621864186618681870
Elsewhere in Texas
In Fort Bend County
John Anderson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Anderson
- County of registration
- Fort Bend County
- Registered
- August 14, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Fort Bend County
- 5 years
- Years in Texas before Fort Bend County
- 3 years
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsJohn Anderson reported 3 years more in Texas than in Fort Bend County.
Other freedmen named Anderson in Fort Bend County
- Geo Andersonreached Texas about 1866
- Henry Andersonreached Texas about 1866
- Jim Andersonreached Texas about 1866
- Lance Andersonreached Texas about 1866
- Major Andersonreached Texas about 1837
Andersons 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 19 of the Fort Bend County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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