Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Thomas Song, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Thomas Song registered to vote in Anderson County on August 21, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 20 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.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
- 18 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
Thomas Song
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Thomas Song
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Years in Texas before Anderson County
- 18 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
18 yearsThomas Song reported 18 years more in Texas than in Anderson County.
Songs 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. Anderson County's entries fill 53 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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