Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Oscar Anderson, Fayette County, Texas, 1869
Oscar Anderson registered to vote in Fayette County on November 22, 1869. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 11 years in Texas, 11 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
- 11 years
- In Texas
- 11 years
- In the county
- about 1858
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1858 to 1870
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In Fayette County
Oscar Anderson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Oscar Anderson
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- November 22, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 11 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 11 years
- Years in the precinct
- 11 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 64 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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