Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jack Redmon, Anderson County, Texas, 1869
Jack Redmon registered to vote in Anderson County on November 16, 1869. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 3 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
- 13 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
Jack Redmon
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jack Redmon
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Registered
- November 16, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 3 years
- Years in Texas before Anderson County
- 13 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
13 yearsJack Redmon reported 13 years more in Texas than in Anderson County.
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 42 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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