Houston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Benjamin Anderson, Houston County, Texas, 1867
Benjamin Anderson registered to vote in Houston County on July 22, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 9 years in Texas, 9 of them in Houston County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Houston County registered 963 freedmen in 1867, 50% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 9 years
- In Texas
- 9 years
- In the county
- about 1858
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1858 to 1870
Benjamin Anderson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Benjamin Anderson
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Houston County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- July 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 9 years
- Years in Houston County
- 9 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "Benj his X mark Anderson"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Anderson in Houston County
- George Andersonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1841
- Mark Andersonborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1855
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 2 of the Houston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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