Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Nelson Edington, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Nelson Edington registered to vote in Anderson County on July 29, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 24 years in Texas, 24 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
- 24 years
- In Texas
- 24 years
- In the county
- about 1843
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1843 to 1870
Nelson Edington
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Nelson Edington
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 24 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 24 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Edington in Anderson County
- Garrett Edingtonborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1843
Edingtons 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 5 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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