Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Speed, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
George Speed registered to vote in Anderson County on September 23, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 15 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.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 7 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
George Speed
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Speed
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 8
- Registered
- September 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Years in Texas before Anderson County
- 7 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
7 yearsGeorge Speed reported 7 years more in Texas than in Anderson County.
Speeds 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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