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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Tennessee and Texas marked
Born in Tennessee, registered in Bastrop County, Texas
Tennessee
Birthplace
27 years
In Texas
about 1840
Reached Texas
26 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

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In Bastrop County

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"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Bastrop County highlighted
Bastrop County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

26 years

Joseph Anderson reported 26 years more in Texas than in Bastrop County.

Other freedmen named Anderson in Bastrop County

Andersons elsewhere in Texas

All 207 freedmen named Anderson 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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