Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Alx Hamilton, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Alx Hamilton registered to vote in Anderson County on July 30, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 2 years in Texas, 2 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 2 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1865
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Anderson County
Alx Hamilton
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Alx Hamilton
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 30, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 2 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 2 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
- 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 52 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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