Wilson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Anderson Hardin, Wilson County, Texas, 1867

Anderson Hardin registered to vote in Wilson County on July 18, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Wilson County registered 97 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Tennessee and Texas marked
Born in Tennessee, registered in Wilson County, Texas
Tennessee
Birthplace
4 years
In Texas
about 1863
Reached Texas
3 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From 1860 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Wilson County

Anderson Hardin

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Anderson Hardin
Place of birth
Tennessee
County of registration
Wilson County
Precinct
7
Place of residence
Wilson County
Registered
July 18, 1867
Years in Texas
4 years
Years in Wilson County
6 months
Years in the precinct
6 months
Years in Texas before Wilson County
3 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Wilson County highlighted
Wilson County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

3 years

Anderson Hardin reported 3 years more in Texas than in Wilson County.

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 3 of the Wilson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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