Tyler County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Anderson Busby, Tyler County, Texas, 1869
Anderson Busby registered to vote in Tyler County on November 25, 1869. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 17 years in Texas, 17 of them in Tyler County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Tyler County registered 256 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 17 years
- In Texas
- 17 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
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In Tyler County
Anderson Busby
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Anderson Busby
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Tyler County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- November 25, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 17 years
- Years in Tyler County
- 17 years
- Years in the precinct
- 17 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Busby in Tyler County
- Arthur Busbyborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1850
- Charles Busbyborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1850
- Daniel Busbyborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1850
- Epham Busbyborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1851
- George Busbyborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1852
Busbys 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 15 of the Tyler County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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