Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Anderson, Bastrop County, Texas, 1867
James Anderson registered to vote in Bastrop County on July 9, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored Voter" beside his name. Bastrop County registered 946 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 14 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
James Anderson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Anderson
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Bastrop County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 9, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Bastrop County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Bastrop County
- 14 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored Voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
14 yearsJames Anderson reported 14 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 9 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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