Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Charles Scruggs, Anderson County, Texas, 1869
Charles Scruggs registered to vote in Anderson County on November 23, 1869. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 21 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.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- 18 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
Charles Scruggs
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Charles Scruggs
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Registered
- November 23, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 3 years
- Years in Texas before Anderson County
- 18 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
18 yearsCharles Scruggs reported 18 years more in Texas than in Anderson County.
Scruggses 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 47 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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