Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Wallace Anderson, Fayette County, Texas, 1867

Wallace Anderson registered to vote in Fayette County on July 8, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 1 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Mississippi and Texas marked
Born in Mississippi, registered in Fayette County, Texas
Mississippi
Birthplace
12 years
In Texas
1 year
In the county
about 1855
Reached Texas
11 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1855 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Fayette County

Wallace Anderson

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Wallace Anderson
Place of birth
Mississippi
County of registration
Fayette County
Precinct
1
Registered
July 8, 1867
Years in Texas
12 years
Years in Fayette County
1 year
Years in the precinct
1 year
Years in Texas before Fayette County
11 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Fayette County highlighted
Fayette County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

11 years

Wallace Anderson reported 11 years more in Texas than in Fayette County.

Other freedmen named Anderson in Fayette County

Andersons elsewhere in Texas

All 207 freedmen named Anderson 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 2 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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