Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Mack Phillips, Anderson County, Texas, 1869

Mack Phillips registered to vote in Anderson County on November 24, 1869. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 14 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.

Born in Tennessee, registered in Anderson County, Texas

Tennessee
Birthplace: 14 years
In Texas: 14 years
In the county: about 1853
Reached Texas

What the register records

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Mack Phillips

Texas

Name: Mack Phillips
Place of birth: Tennessee
County of registration: Anderson County
Registered: November 24, 1869
Years in Texas: 14 years
Years in Anderson County: 14 years
Remarks, as written: "Colored"

Anderson County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Phillips in Anderson County

Bucins Phillipsborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1851
Gasephus Phillipsborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1853
Grawiille Phillipsborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1852
Haywood Phillipsborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1857
Lewis Phillipsborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1864

Phillipses elsewhere in Texas

All 44 freedmen named Phillips in Texas

Variations of Phillips

Philips 20

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 48 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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