Davis County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Robert Anderson, Davis County, Texas, 1867
Robert Anderson registered to vote in Davis County on August 8, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas, 3 of them in Davis County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Davis County registered 986 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- 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 Davis County
Robert Anderson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Robert Anderson
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Davis County
- Precinct
- 1
- Place of residence
- Davis County
- Registered
- August 8, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Davis County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Anderson in Davis County
- James Andersonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1847
- John Andersonborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1860
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 21 of the Davis County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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