Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Anderson Wardroup, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Anderson Wardroup registered to vote in Anderson County on August 15, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 20 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
Anderson Wardroup
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Anderson Wardroup
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 20 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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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