Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Monroe McMeans, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Monroe McMeans registered to vote in Anderson County on August 31, 1867. He reported Tennessee 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.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Monroe McMeans
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Monroe McMeans
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 31, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named McMeans in Anderson County
- Sammuel McMeansborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1852
Variations of McMeans
- Means 6
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 38 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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