Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Alford Bonner, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Alford Bonner registered to vote in Anderson County on August 1, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 1 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
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
- 12 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
Alford Bonner
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Alford Bonner
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 1, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Years in Texas before Anderson County
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
12 yearsAlford Bonner reported 12 years more in Texas than in Anderson County.
Bonners 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 9 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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