Lamar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Anderson, Lamar County, Texas, 1867
James Anderson registered to vote in Lamar County on July 8, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Lamar County registered 772 freedmen in 1867, 30% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 6 years
- In Texas
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
- 5 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
James Anderson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Anderson
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Lamar County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- July 8, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Lamar County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Lamar County
- 5 years
- Signature, as written
- "Daniel E Stings"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
5 yearsJames Anderson reported 5 years more in Texas than in Lamar County.
Other freedmen named Anderson in Lamar County
- Archey Andersonborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1864
- Bob Andersonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1857
- Peyton Andersonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1860
- Samuel Andersonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1860
Andersons 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 Lamar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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