Houston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Mark Anderson, Houston County, Texas, 1869
Mark Anderson registered to vote in Houston County on November 26, 1869. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 14 of them in Houston County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Houston County registered 963 freedmen in 1867, 50% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 14 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
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In Houston County
Mark Anderson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Mark Anderson
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Houston County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 26, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Houston County
- 14 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Naturalized, how
- "Georgia"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Anderson in Houston County
- Benjamin Andersonborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1858
- George Andersonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1841
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 47 of the Houston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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