Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jacob Deckand, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Jacob Deckand registered to vote in Anderson County on July 30, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 12 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
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In Anderson County
Jacob Deckand
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jacob Deckand
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- July 30, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Deckand in Anderson County
- Charles Deckandborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1860
- Ned Deckandborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1865
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. Anderson County's entries fill 53 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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