Madison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Anderson Neely, Madison County, Texas, 1867
Anderson Neely registered to vote in Madison County on August 20, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 27 years in Texas, 23 of them in Madison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Madison County registered 254 freedmen in 1867, 40% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 27 years
- In Texas
- 23 years
- In the county
- about 1840
- Reached Texas
- 4 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1840 to 1870
Anderson Neely
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Anderson Neely
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Madison County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 27 years
- Years in Madison County
- 23 years
- Years in the precinct
- 23 years
- Years in Texas before Madison County
- 4 years
- Signature, as written
- "Addison Neely"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
4 yearsAnderson Neely reported 4 years more in Texas than in Madison County.
Neelys 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 7 of the Madison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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