Newton County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Anderson White, Newton County, Texas, 1867
Anderson White registered to vote in Newton County on August 27, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 10 of them in Newton County. Newton County registered 162 freedmen in 1867, 44% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 5 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Anderson White
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Anderson White
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Newton County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Newton County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Years in Texas before Newton County
- 5 years
- Signature, as written
- "Anderson, his x mark, White"
Elsewhere in Texas
5 yearsAnderson White reported 5 years more in Texas than in Newton County.
Other freedmen named White in Newton County
- Marion Whiteborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1853
Whites 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 1 of the Newton County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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