Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Anderson, Fayette County, Texas, 1869
John Anderson registered to vote in Fayette County on November 26, 1869. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 20 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.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
- 18 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
John Anderson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Anderson
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- November 26, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Fayette County
- 18 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
18 yearsJohn Anderson reported 18 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 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 69 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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