Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Anderson Corder, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Anderson Corder registered to vote in Fayette County on July 12, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 5 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
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 10 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Anderson Corder
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Anderson Corder
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- July 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 5 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 months
- Years in Texas before Fayette County
- 10 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
10 yearsAnderson Corder reported 10 years more in Texas than in Fayette County.
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 8 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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