Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Richards Fields, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Richards Fields registered to vote in Anderson County on August 7, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas, 3 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Anderson County
Richards Fields
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Richards Fields
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 8
- Registered
- August 7, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Fieldses elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Fields
- Field 9
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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