Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Denny Swell, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Denny Swell registered to vote in Anderson County on August 13, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 5 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.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Denny Swell
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Denny Swell
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 7
- Registered
- August 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 years
- Years in Texas before Anderson County
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearDenny Swell reported 1 year more in Texas than in Anderson County.
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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