Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Joseph Olifault, Anderson County, Texas, 1867

Joseph Olifault registered to vote in Anderson County on August 29, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 25 years in Texas, 6 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Mississippi and Texas marked
Born in Mississippi, registered in Anderson County, Texas
Mississippi
Birthplace
25 years
In Texas
6 years
In the county
about 1842
Reached Texas
19 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1842 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Anderson County

Joseph Olifault

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Joseph Olifault
Place of birth
Mississippi
County of registration
Anderson County
Precinct
3
Registered
August 29, 1867
Years in Texas
25 years
Years in Anderson County
6 years
Years in the precinct
12 years
Years in Texas before Anderson County
19 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Anderson County highlighted
Anderson County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

19 years

Joseph Olifault reported 19 years more in Texas than in Anderson County.

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. Anderson County's entries fill 53 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.

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