Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Preiten, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
John Preiten registered to vote in Anderson County on August 2, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 4 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
John Preiten
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Preiten
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 2, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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. Anderson County's entries fill 53 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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