Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Edward Anderson, Colorado County, Texas, 1869
Edward Anderson registered to vote in Colorado County on November 24, 1869. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 18 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.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
- 17 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
Edward Anderson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Edward Anderson
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- November 24, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 17 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
17 yearsEdward Anderson reported 17 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
- 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 59 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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