Wood County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Nedam Anderson, Wood County, Texas, 1867

Nedam Anderson registered to vote in Wood County on July 29, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored voter" beside his name. Wood County registered 259 freedmen in 1867, 24% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Mississippi and Texas marked
Born in Mississippi, registered in Wood County, Texas
Mississippi
Birthplace
3 years
In Texas
about 1864
Reached Texas
2 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From 1860 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Wood County

Nedam Anderson

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Nedam Anderson
Place of birth
Mississippi
County of registration
Wood County
Precinct
6
Registered
July 29, 1867
Years in Texas
3 years
Years in Wood County
6 months
Years in the precinct
6 months
Years in Texas before Wood County
2 years
Signature, as written
"Nelson his X mark Anderson"
Remarks, as written
"Colored voter"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Wood County highlighted
Wood County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

2 years

Nedam Anderson reported 2 years more in Texas than in Wood County.

Other freedmen named Anderson in Wood County

Andersons elsewhere in Texas

All 207 freedmen named Anderson 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 9 of the Wood County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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