Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jack Foster, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Jack Foster registered to vote in Anderson County on July 30, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 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
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Jack Foster
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jack Foster
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- July 30, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Foster in Anderson County
- Allen Fosterborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1852
Fosters 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 52 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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