Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Miles Anderson, Fayette County, Texas, 1867

Miles Anderson registered to vote in Fayette County on July 12, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 24 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 Louisiana and Texas marked
Born in Louisiana, registered in Fayette County, Texas
Louisiana
Birthplace
24 years
In Texas
1 year
In the county
about 1843
Reached Texas
23 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1843 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Fayette County

Miles Anderson

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Miles Anderson
Place of birth
Louisiana
County of registration
Fayette County
Registered
July 12, 1867
Years in Texas
24 years
Years in Fayette County
1 year
Years in the precinct
6 months
Years in Texas before Fayette County
23 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

23 years

Miles Anderson reported 23 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 8 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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