Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Spencer Anderson, Harrison County, Texas, 1867

Spencer Anderson registered to vote in Harrison County on July 23, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with North Carolina and Texas marked
Born in North Carolina, registered in Harrison County, Texas
North Carolina
Birthplace
16 years
In Texas
about 1851
Reached Texas
15 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

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In Harrison County

Spencer Anderson

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Spencer Anderson
Place of birth
North Carolina
County of registration
Harrison County
Precinct
1
Registered
July 23, 1867
Years in Texas
16 years
Years in Harrison County
6 months
Years in the precinct
6 years
Years in Texas before Harrison County
15 years
Signature, as written
"S. Anderson"
Remarks, as written
"colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Harrison County highlighted
Harrison County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

15 years

Spencer Anderson reported 15 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.

Other freedmen named Anderson in Harrison 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 42 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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