Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Thomas Downs, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Thomas Downs registered to vote in Anderson County on August 15, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 23 years in Texas, 12 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 23 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- 11 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1844 to 1870
Thomas Downs
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Thomas Downs
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 7
- Place of residence
- Kickapoo, Anderson County
- Registered
- August 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 23 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Years in Texas before Anderson County
- 11 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
11 yearsThomas Downs reported 11 years more in Texas than in Anderson County.
Downses 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 22 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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