Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Bob May, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Bob May registered to vote in Anderson County on November 24, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 18 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 18 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
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In Anderson County
Bob May
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Bob May
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Registered
- November 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 18 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Mays 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. Anderson County's entries fill 53 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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