Wood County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Harry Anderson, Wood County, Texas, 1867
Harry Anderson registered to vote in Wood County in 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 of them in Wood County. Wood County registered 259 freedmen in 1867, 24% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
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In Wood County
Harry Anderson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Harry Anderson
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Wood County
- Precinct
- 5
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Wood County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Signature, as written
- "Harry his x mark Anderson"
Other freedmen named Anderson in Wood County
- Lee Andersonborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1863
- Nedam Andersonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1864
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 17 of the Wood County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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