Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Benny Alexander, Anderson County, Texas, 1869
Benny Alexander registered to vote in Anderson County on November 23, 1869. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Benny Alexander
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Benny Alexander
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Registered
- November 23, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 15 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Alexander in Anderson County
- Chad Alexanderborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1855
- Jordan Alexanderborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1862
- Sandy Alexanderborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1855
Alexanders 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 47 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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