Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Milton Palmer, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Milton Palmer registered to vote in Anderson County on August 14, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 21 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- In the county
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
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In Anderson County
Milton Palmer
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Milton Palmer
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 14, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 21 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Palmers 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 21 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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