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