Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jiles Blackshear, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Jiles Blackshear registered to vote in Anderson County on August 24, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 17 years in Texas, 1 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 17 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1850
- Reached Texas
- 16 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1850 to 1870
Jiles Blackshear
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jiles Blackshear
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 17 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Years in Texas before Anderson County
- 16 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
16 yearsJiles Blackshear reported 16 years more in Texas than in Anderson County.
Blackshears 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 26 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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