Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Moses Green, Anderson County, Texas, 1867

Moses Green registered to vote in Anderson County on August 6, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 8 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Alabama and Texas marked
Born in Alabama, registered in Anderson County, Texas
Alabama
Birthplace
8 years
In Texas
8 years
In the county
about 1859
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1859 to 1870

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In Anderson County

Moses Green

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Moses Green
Place of birth
Alabama
County of registration
Anderson County
Precinct
8
Registered
August 6, 1867
Years in Texas
8 years
Years in Anderson County
8 years
Years in the precinct
12 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Anderson County highlighted
Anderson County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Green in Anderson County

Greens elsewhere in Texas

All 225 freedmen named Green in Texas

Variations of Green

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 14 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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