Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jesse Pitts, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Jesse Pitts registered to vote in Anderson County on August 9, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 11 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
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In Anderson County
Jesse Pitts
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jesse Pitts
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 10
- Registered
- August 9, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 11 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Pittses 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 17 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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