Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Tom Day, Anderson County, Texas, 1869
Tom Day registered to vote in Anderson County on November 26, 1869. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 18 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
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 18 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
Tom Day
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Tom Day
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Registered
- November 26, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 18 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Day in Anderson County
- Tony Dayborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1853
Days 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 51 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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