Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Oliver Goldsmith, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Oliver Goldsmith registered to vote in Anderson County on August 23, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas, 6 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 6 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Oliver Goldsmith
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Oliver Goldsmith
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 9
- Registered
- August 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 6 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 26 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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