Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Matt Anderson, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Matt Anderson registered to vote in Colorado County on July 20, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 5 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Matt Anderson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Matt Anderson
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- July 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 5 years
- Years in the precinct
- 5 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Anderson in Colorado County
- Abraham Andersonborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1832
- Berrell Andersonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1857
- Charles Andersonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1852
- Charles Andersonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1855
- Edward Andersonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1851
Andersons 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 19 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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