Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Elias Emphinger, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Elias Emphinger registered to vote in Anderson County on August 7, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 20 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
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
Elias Emphinger
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Elias Emphinger
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 8
- Registered
- August 7, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 20 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 15 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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