Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Thomas Handiman, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Thomas Handiman registered to vote in Anderson County on August 27, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 4 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Thomas Handiman
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Thomas Handiman
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Handimans 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 31 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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