Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Stanford Anderson, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Stanford Anderson registered to vote in Colorado County on August 12, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 5 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.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
- 4 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Stanford Anderson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Stanford Anderson
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- August 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 4 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
4 yearsStanford Anderson reported 4 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.
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 35 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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