Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Anderson, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
John Anderson registered to vote in Harrison County on July 3, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 17 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 17 years
- In Texas
- about 1850
- Reached Texas
- 16 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1850 to 1870
John Anderson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Anderson
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 11
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- July 3, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 17 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 16 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
16 yearsJohn Anderson reported 16 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 15 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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