Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Bob Bridges, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Bob Bridges registered to vote in Anderson County on August 3, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas, 4 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 6 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Bob Bridges
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Bob Bridges
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 3, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Years in Texas before Anderson County
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsBob Bridges reported 2 years more in Texas than in Anderson County.
Other freedmen named Bridges in Anderson County
- Stephen Bridgesborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1864
Bridgeses 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 12 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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