Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Collin Dunbar, Anderson County, Texas, 1869
Collin Dunbar registered to vote in Anderson County on November 24, 1869. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 6 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 9 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Collin Dunbar
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Collin Dunbar
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Registered
- November 24, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 6 years
- Years in Texas before Anderson County
- 9 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
9 yearsCollin Dunbar reported 9 years more in Texas than in Anderson County.
Dunbars 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 48 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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