Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Crough Halkin, Anderson County, Texas, 1867

Crough Halkin registered to vote in Anderson County on August 2, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 5 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Tennessee and Texas marked
Born in Tennessee, registered in Anderson County, Texas
Tennessee
Birthplace
18 years
In Texas
5 years
In the county
about 1849
Reached Texas
13 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1849 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Anderson County

Crough Halkin

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Crough Halkin
Place of birth
Tennessee
County of registration
Anderson County
Precinct
6
Registered
August 2, 1867
Years in Texas
18 years
Years in Anderson County
5 years
Years in the precinct
12 years
Years in Texas before Anderson County
13 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Anderson County highlighted
Anderson County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

13 years

Crough Halkin reported 13 years more in Texas than in Anderson County.

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. Anderson County's entries fill 53 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.

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