Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Alexander Otter, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Alexander Otter registered to vote in Anderson County on November 20, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 14 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 14 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
Alexander Otter
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Alexander Otter
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Registered
- November 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 14 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Otters 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. Anderson County's entries fill 53 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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