Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Hamilton, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
George Hamilton registered to vote in Anderson County on August 15, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
George Hamilton
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Hamilton
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Hamilton in Anderson County
- Abe Hamiltonborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1855
- Alyx Hamiltonborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1865
- G. 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 23 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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