Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jeff Avant, Anderson County, Texas, 1869
Jeff Avant registered to vote in Anderson County on November 18, 1869. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 5 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.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
- 4 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Jeff Avant
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jeff Avant
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Registered
- November 18, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Anderson County
- 4 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
4 yearsJeff Avant reported 4 years more in Texas than in Anderson County.
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 43 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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