Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Abraham Anderson, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Abraham Anderson registered to vote in Colorado County on August 15, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 35 years in Texas, 35 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
- 35 years
- In Texas
- 35 years
- In the county
- about 1832
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1832 to 1870
Abraham Anderson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Abraham Anderson
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- August 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 35 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 35 years
- Years in the precinct
- 35 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Anderson in Colorado County
- 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
- George Andersonborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1860
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 42 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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