Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Willis Petty, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Willis Petty registered to vote in Anderson County on August 2, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 8 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
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
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In Anderson County
Willis Petty
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Willis Petty
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 2, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Pettys 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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