Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joseph Anderson, Bastrop County, Texas, 1867
Joseph Anderson registered to vote in Bastrop County on July 10, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 27 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored Voter" beside his name. Bastrop County registered 946 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 27 years
- In Texas
- about 1840
- Reached Texas
- 26 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1840 to 1870
Joseph Anderson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joseph Anderson
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Bastrop County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 10, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 27 years
- Years in Bastrop County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Bastrop County
- 26 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored Voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
26 yearsJoseph Anderson reported 26 years more in Texas than in Bastrop County.
Other freedmen named Anderson in Bastrop County
- Albert Andersonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1857
- Alexander Andersonborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1865
- Claiborne Andersonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1862
- George W. Andersonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1846
- Henry Andersonborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1855
Andersons 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 12 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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