Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Dick Anderson, Fayette County, Texas, 1869

Dick Anderson registered to vote in Fayette County on November 26, 1869. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 16 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 Alabama and Texas marked
Born in Alabama, registered in Fayette County, Texas
Alabama
Birthplace
16 years
In Texas
1 year
In the county
about 1853
Reached Texas
15 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1853 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Fayette County

Dick Anderson

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Dick Anderson
Place of birth
Alabama
County of registration
Fayette County
Registered
November 26, 1869
Years in Texas
16 years
Years in Fayette County
1 year
Years in the precinct
1 year
Years in Texas before Fayette County
15 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

15 years

Dick Anderson reported 15 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 69 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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