Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

G. Reavis, Anderson County, Texas, 1867

G. Reavis registered to vote in Anderson County on August 30, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 2 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with North Carolina and Texas marked
Born in North Carolina, registered in Anderson County, Texas
North Carolina
Birthplace
10 years
In Texas
2 years
In the county
about 1857
Reached Texas
8 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1857 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Anderson County

G. Reavis

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
G. Reavis
Place of birth
North Carolina
County of registration
Anderson County
Precinct
3
Registered
August 30, 1867
Years in Texas
10 years
Years in Anderson County
2 years
Years in the precinct
12 years
Years in Texas before Anderson County
8 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Anderson County highlighted
Anderson County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

8 years

G. Reavis reported 8 years more in Texas than in Anderson County.

Reavises elsewhere in Texas

All 2 freedmen named Reavis 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. Anderson County's entries fill 53 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.

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