Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
David Lindsay, Anderson County, Texas, 1869
David Lindsay registered to vote in Anderson County on November 25, 1869. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
David Lindsay
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- David Lindsay
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Registered
- November 25, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 15 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Lindsays 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 49 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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