Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Charles Anderson, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Charles Anderson registered to vote in Colorado County on July 17, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 12 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
Charles Anderson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Charles Anderson
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- July 17, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 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
- 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 12 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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