Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Hall, Anderson County, Texas, 1869
John Hall registered to vote in Anderson County on November 24, 1869. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 13 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 13 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
John Hall
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Hall
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Registered
- November 24, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 13 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Hall in Anderson County
- Ben Hallborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1862
- Ben Hallborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1863
- William Hallborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1852
Halls 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 49 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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