Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Duncan, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
James Duncan registered to vote in Anderson County on August 15, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 2 years in Texas, 2 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 2 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1865
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Anderson County
James Duncan
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Duncan
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 7
- Registered
- August 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 2 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Duncans 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 23 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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