Van Zandt County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Benjamin Anderson, Van Zandt County, Texas, 1868
Benjamin Anderson registered to vote in Van Zandt County on January 30, 1868. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 5 of them in Van Zandt County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Van Zandt County registered 153 freedmen in 1867, 17% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Benjamin Anderson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Benjamin Anderson
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Van Zandt County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- January 30, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Van Zandt County
- 5 years
- Years in the precinct
- 5 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Anderson in Van Zandt County
- George Andersonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1866
- James Andersonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1866
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 18 of the Van Zandt County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
African American genealogy in Van Zandt County, Texas
Van Zandt County freedmen and genealogyEvery freedman who registered in Van Zandt CountyThe Anderson name in TexasBorn in MississippiSearch Van Zandt County by name