Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Abram Anderson, Fayette County, Texas, 1867

Abram Anderson registered to vote in Fayette County on July 24, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 19 years in Texas, 18 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 Georgia and Texas marked
Born in Georgia, registered in Fayette County, Texas
Georgia
Birthplace
19 years
In Texas
18 years
In the county
about 1848
Reached Texas
1 year
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1848 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Fayette County

Abram Anderson

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Abram Anderson
Place of birth
Georgia
County of registration
Fayette County
Registered
July 24, 1867
Years in Texas
19 years
Years in Fayette County
18 years
Years in the precinct
18 years
Years in Texas before Fayette County
1 year
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Fayette County highlighted
Fayette County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

1 year

Abram Anderson reported 1 year 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 23 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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