Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Simon Bradford, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Simon Bradford registered to vote in Anderson County on August 7, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 8 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
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
Simon Bradford
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Simon Bradford
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 10
- Registered
- August 7, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Bradford in Anderson County
- John Bradfordborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1859
Bradfords 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 15 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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