Henderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Anderson Spivey, Henderson County, Texas, 1867

Anderson Spivey registered to vote in Henderson County on August 29, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 26 years in Texas, 14 of them in Henderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Henderson County registered 294 freedmen in 1867, 28% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Mississippi and Texas marked
Born in Mississippi, registered in Henderson County, Texas
Mississippi
Birthplace
26 years
In Texas
14 years
In the county
about 1841
Reached Texas
12 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1841 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Henderson County

Anderson Spivey

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Anderson Spivey
Place of birth
Mississippi
County of registration
Henderson County
Precinct
2
Registered
August 29, 1867
Years in Texas
26 years
Years in Henderson County
14 years
Years in the precinct
8 years
Years in Texas before Henderson County
12 years
Signature, as written
"Anderson Spivey"
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Henderson County highlighted
Henderson County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

12 years

Anderson Spivey reported 12 years more in Texas than in Henderson County.

Spiveys elsewhere in Texas

All 3 freedmen named Spivey 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 19 of the Henderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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