Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Dornell, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
John Dornell registered to vote in Anderson County on August 16, 1867. He reported Arkansas as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 13 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Arkansas
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 13 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
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In Anderson County
John Dornell
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Dornell
- Place of birth
- Arkansas
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 7
- Registered
- August 16, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 13 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Dornell in Anderson County
- Pelin Dornellborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1854
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 23 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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