Davis County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Anderson, Davis County, Texas, 1867
James Anderson registered to vote in Davis County on August 31, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 8 of them in Davis County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Davis County registered 986 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
- 12 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
James Anderson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Anderson
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Davis County
- Precinct
- 4
- Place of residence
- Davis County
- Registered
- August 31, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Davis County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 years
- Years in Texas before Davis County
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
12 yearsJames Anderson reported 12 years more in Texas than in Davis County.
Other freedmen named Anderson in Davis County
- John Andersonborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1860
- Robert Andersonborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1864
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 62 of the Davis County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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