Houston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Anderson, Houston County, Texas, 1867
George Anderson registered to vote in Houston County on August 6, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 26 years in Texas, 26 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
- 26 years
- In Texas
- 26 years
- In the county
- about 1841
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1841 to 1870
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In Houston County
George Anderson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Anderson
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Houston County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 6, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 26 years
- Years in Houston County
- 26 years
- Years in the precinct
- 13 months
- Signature, as written
- "Adolphus Owens"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Anderson in Houston County
- Benjamin Andersonborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1858
- 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 8 of the Houston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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