Wharton County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Sylvester Anderson, Wharton County, Texas, 1867

Sylvester Anderson registered to vote in Wharton County on July 24, 1867. He reported 1 year in Texas. Wharton County registered 830 freedmen in 1867, 84% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in Wharton County, Texas
1 year
In Texas
about 1866
Reached Texas

What the register records

From 1860 to 1870

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In Wharton County

Sylvester Anderson

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Sylvester Anderson
County of registration
Wharton County
Precinct
2
Place of residence
Wharton County
Registered
July 24, 1867
Years in Texas
1 year
Years in Wharton County
1 month
Years in the precinct
1 month
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Wharton County highlighted
Wharton County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Anderson in Wharton 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 9 of the Wharton County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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