Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Swanson, Anderson County, Texas, 1869
Henry Swanson registered to vote in Anderson County on November 24, 1869. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 19 years in Texas, 19 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
- 19 years
- In Texas
- 19 years
- In the county
- about 1848
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1848 to 1870
Henry Swanson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Swanson
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Registered
- November 24, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 19 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 19 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Swanson in Anderson County
- David Swansonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1837
- Elie Swansonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1850
- 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. It sits on page 48 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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