Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Jemison, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Henry Jemison registered to vote in Anderson County on August 6, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 14 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 14 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
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In Anderson County
Henry Jemison
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Jemison
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Registered
- August 6, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 14 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 13 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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