Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
David Swanson, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
David Swanson registered to vote in Anderson County on November 16, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 30 years in Texas, 20 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
- 30 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- about 1837
- Reached Texas
- 10 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1837 to 1870
David Swanson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- David Swanson
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Registered
- November 16, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 30 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 20 years
- Years in Texas before Anderson County
- 10 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
10 yearsDavid Swanson reported 10 years more in Texas than in Anderson County.
Other freedmen named Swanson in Anderson County
- Elie Swansonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1850
- Henry Swansonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1848
- Jack Swansonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1853
- Jack Swansonborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
- Jerry Swansonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1851
Swansons 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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