Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George W. Barnes, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
George W. Barnes registered to vote in Anderson County on August 24, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 12 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
George W. Barnes
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George W. Barnes
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Years in Texas before Anderson County
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsGeorge W. Barnes reported 2 years more in Texas than in Anderson County.
Other freedmen named Barnes in Anderson County
- George Barnesborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1851
Barneses 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 26 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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