Houston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Anderson Graham, Houston County, Texas, 1867
Anderson Graham registered to vote in Houston County on July 25, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 1 of them in Houston County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Houston County registered 963 freedmen in 1867, 50% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
- 9 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
Anderson Graham
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Anderson Graham
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Houston County
- Precinct
- 10
- Registered
- July 25, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Houston County
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Houston County
- 9 years
- Signature, as written
- "Anderson Graham"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
9 yearsAnderson Graham reported 9 years more in Texas than in Houston County.
Grahams 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 5 of the Houston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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