Henderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Anderson Small, Henderson County, Texas, 1867
Anderson Small registered to vote in Henderson County on August 6, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored. Removed" beside his name. Henderson County registered 294 freedmen in 1867, 28% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 18 years
- In Texas
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
- 17 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
Anderson Small
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Anderson Small
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Henderson County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- August 6, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Henderson County
- 7 months
- Years in the precinct
- 7 months
- Years in Texas before Henderson County
- 17 years
- Signature, as written
- "Anderson Smally"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored. Removed"
Elsewhere in Texas
17 yearsAnderson Small reported 17 years more in Texas than in Henderson County.
Smalls 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 8 of the Henderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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