Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Lewis Mindeu, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Lewis Mindeu registered to vote in Anderson County on August 27, 1867. He reported Arkansas as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 16 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Arkansas
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 16 years
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
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In Anderson County
Lewis Mindeu
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Lewis Mindeu
- Place of birth
- Arkansas
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 16 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 31 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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