Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Abe Hamilton, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Abe Hamilton registered to vote in Anderson County on August 14, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 12 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
Abe Hamilton
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Abe Hamilton
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 7
- Registered
- August 14, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Hamilton in Anderson County
- Alyx Hamiltonborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1865
- G. Hamiltonborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1857
- George Hamiltonborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1857
Hamiltons 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 22 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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