Bexar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Anderson, Bexar County, Texas, 1869
John Anderson registered to vote in Bexar County on November 17, 1869. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bexar County registered 500 freedmen in 1867, 22% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- about 1865
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
John Anderson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Anderson
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Bexar County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 17, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Bexar County
- 3 months
- Years in Texas before Bexar County
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsJohn Anderson reported 3 years more in Texas than in Bexar County.
Other freedmen named Anderson in Bexar County
- Aaron Andersonborn in Tennessee
- Abe Andersonborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1865
- Abraham Andersonborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1865
- Charles Andersonborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1852
- Sammuel Andersonborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1846
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 44 of the Bexar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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