Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Aaron Edwards, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Aaron Edwards registered to vote in Anderson County on August 23, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 14 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 14 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
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In Anderson County
Aaron Edwards
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Aaron Edwards
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 14 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Edwards in Anderson County
- Anthony Edwardsborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1852
- George Edwardsborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1851
- James Edwardsborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1854
Edwardses elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Edwards
- Edward 5
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 26 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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