Lamar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Archey Anderson, Lamar County, Texas, 1867
Archey Anderson registered to vote in Lamar County on July 8, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas, 3 of them in Lamar County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Lamar County registered 772 freedmen in 1867, 30% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Lamar County
Archey Anderson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Archey Anderson
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Lamar County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- July 8, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Lamar County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years
- Signature, as written
- "James L. Long"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Anderson in Lamar County
- Bob Andersonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1857
- James Andersonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1861
- 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 10 of the Lamar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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