Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Aflord Dechard, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Aflord Dechard registered to vote in Anderson County on August 29, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 9 years in Texas, 5 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 9 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1858
- Reached Texas
- 4 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1858 to 1870
Aflord Dechard
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Aflord Dechard
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 9 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 5 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Years in Texas before Anderson County
- 4 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
4 yearsAflord Dechard reported 4 years more in Texas than in Anderson County.
Dechards 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 32 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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