Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Peter Anderson, Colorado County, Texas, 1867

Peter Anderson registered to vote in Colorado County on July 20, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 14 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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Virginia and Texas marked
Born in Virginia, registered in Colorado County, Texas
Virginia
Birthplace
14 years
In Texas
5 years
In the county
about 1853
Reached Texas
9 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1853 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Colorado County

Peter Anderson

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Peter Anderson
Place of birth
Virginia
County of registration
Colorado County
Precinct
96° 32'
Registered
July 20, 1867
Years in Texas
14 years
Years in Colorado County
5 years
Years in the precinct
5 years
Years in Texas before Colorado County
9 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

9 years

Peter Anderson reported 9 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 19 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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