Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Stephen Anderson, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Stephen Anderson registered to vote in Fayette County on July 10, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 7 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.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 7 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
- 6 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
Stephen Anderson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Stephen Anderson
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- July 10, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 1 year 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Fayette County
- 6 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
6 yearsStephen Anderson reported 6 years more in Texas than in Fayette County.
Other freedmen named Anderson in Fayette County
- Abram Andersonborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1848
- Dick Andersonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1853
- Fayette Andersonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1850
- Henry Andersonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1867
- John Andersonborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1845
Andersons 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 4 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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