Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Edwards, Anderson County, Texas, 1869
James Edwards registered to vote in Anderson County on November 24, 1869. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 4 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
- 9 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
James Edwards
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Edwards
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Registered
- November 24, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 4 years
- Years in Texas before Anderson County
- 9 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
9 yearsJames Edwards reported 9 years more in Texas than in Anderson County.
Other freedmen named Edwards in Anderson County
- Aaron Edwardsborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1853
- Anthony Edwardsborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1852
- George Edwardsborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1851
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 49 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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