Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Anthony Edwards, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Anthony Edwards registered to vote in Anderson County on August 27, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 1 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 14 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Anthony Edwards
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Anthony Edwards
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Years in Texas before Anderson County
- 14 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
14 yearsAnthony Edwards reported 14 years more in Texas than in Anderson County.
Other freedmen named Edwards in Anderson County
- Aaron Edwardsborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1853
- 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 31 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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