Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Burrill Anderson, Colorado County, Texas, 1869

Burrill Anderson registered to vote in Colorado County on November 25, 1869. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 1 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Mississippi and Texas marked
Born in Mississippi, registered in Colorado County, Texas
Mississippi
Birthplace
12 years
In Texas
1 year
In the county
about 1857
Reached Texas
11 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1857 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Colorado County

Burrill Anderson

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Burrill Anderson
Place of birth
Mississippi
County of registration
Colorado County
Precinct
96° 32'
Registered
November 25, 1869
Years in Texas
12 years
Years in Colorado County
1 year
Years in the precinct
1 year
Years in Texas before Colorado County
11 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Colorado County highlighted
Colorado County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

11 years

Burrill Anderson reported 11 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.

Other freedmen named Anderson in Colorado County

Andersons elsewhere in Texas

All 207 freedmen named Anderson 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 62 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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