Lamar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Bob Anderson, Lamar County, Texas, 1867

Bob Anderson registered to vote in Lamar County on July 13, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 of them in Lamar County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Lamar County registered 772 freedmen in 1867, 30% of its voters.

Born in Virginia, registered in Lamar County, Texas

Virginia
Birthplace: 10 years
In Texas: 10 years
In the county: about 1857
Reached Texas

What the register records

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In Lamar County

Bob Anderson

Texas

Name: Bob Anderson
Place of birth: Virginia
County of registration: Lamar County
Precinct: 3
Registered: July 13, 1867
Years in Texas: 10 years
Years in Lamar County: 10 years
Years in the precinct: 10 years
Signature, as written: "Robert James"
Remarks, as written: "Colored"

Lamar County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Anderson in Lamar County

Archey Andersonborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1864
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

All 219 freedmen named Anderson 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 Lamar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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