Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Dick Anderson, Leon County, Texas, 1867
Dick Anderson registered to vote in Leon County on August 15, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Dick Anderson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Dick Anderson
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Leon County
- 18 months
- Years in the precinct
- 18 months
- Years in Texas before Leon County
- 3 years
- Signature, as written
- "Dick Anderson"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsDick Anderson reported 3 years more in Texas than in Leon County.
Other freedmen named Anderson in Leon County
- Andrew Andersonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1847
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 13 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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