Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Adam Barksdale, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Adam Barksdale registered to vote in Anderson County on November 19, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 28 years in Texas, 18 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 28 years
- In Texas
- 18 years
- In the county
- 10 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1839 to 1870
Adam Barksdale
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Adam Barksdale
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Registered
- November 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 28 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 18 years
- Years in Texas before Anderson County
- 10 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
10 yearsAdam Barksdale reported 10 years more in Texas than in Anderson County.
Barksdales 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 Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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