Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Anderson, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
John Anderson registered to vote in Fayette County on August 15, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 22 years in Texas, 2 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 22 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1845
- Reached Texas
- 20 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1845 to 1870
John Anderson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Anderson
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- August 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Fayette County
- 20 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
20 yearsJohn Anderson reported 20 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 North Carolina, reached Texas about 1849
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 42 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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