Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jess Quarles, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Jess Quarles registered to vote in Anderson County on August 30, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 14 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.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 14 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
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In Anderson County
Jess Quarles
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jess Quarles
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 2
- Place of residence
- Palestine
- Registered
- August 30, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 14 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 35 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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