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.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
- 15 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
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"
Elsewhere in Texas
15 yearsSpencer Anderson reported 15 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Anderson in Harrison County
- Berry Andersonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1847
- Charles Andersonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1844
- Edward Andersonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1846
- Franklin Andersonborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1853
- Hart Andersonborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1846
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 42 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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