Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Chester Ogg, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Chester Ogg registered to vote in Anderson County on August 6, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 12 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
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
Chester Ogg
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Chester Ogg
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 10
- Registered
- August 6, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Years in Texas before Anderson County
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearChester Ogg reported 1 year more in Texas than in Anderson County.
Other freedmen named Ogg in Anderson County
- Nathan Oggborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1855
- Thomas Oggborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1854
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 14 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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