Burleson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

George Anderson, Burleson County, Texas, 1869

George Anderson registered to vote in Burleson County on November 22, 1869. He reported 7 years in Texas, 2 of them in Burleson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Burleson County registered 636 freedmen in 1867, 44% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in Burleson County, Texas
7 years
In Texas
2 years
In the county
about 1862
Reached Texas
5 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Burleson County

George Anderson

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
George Anderson
County of registration
Burleson County
Precinct
1
Registered
November 22, 1869
Years in Texas
7 years
Years in Burleson County
2 years
Years in the precinct
2 years
Years in Texas before Burleson County
5 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Burleson County highlighted
Burleson County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

5 years

George Anderson reported 5 years more in Texas than in Burleson County.

Other freedmen named Anderson in Burleson County

Andersons elsewhere in Texas

All 207 freedmen named Anderson 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 32 of the Burleson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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