Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Nicholas Keeling, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Nicholas Keeling registered to vote in Anderson County on August 26, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas, 7 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
- 7 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
Nicholas Keeling
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Nicholas Keeling
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 9
- Registered
- August 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 7 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 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 29 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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