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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Georgia and Texas marked
Born in Georgia, registered in Wood County, Texas
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"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Wood County highlighted
Wood County on the 1870 county map

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 17 of the Wood County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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