Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Willis Barnett, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Willis Barnett registered to vote in Anderson County on November 24, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 30 years in Texas, 30 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 30 years
- In Texas
- 30 years
- In the county
- about 1837
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1837 to 1870
Willis Barnett
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Willis Barnett
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Registered
- November 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 30 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 30 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Barnett in Anderson County
- Peter Barnettborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1855
Barnetts 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 48 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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