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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Virginia and Texas marked
Born in Virginia, registered in Anderson County, Texas
Virginia
Birthplace
5 years
In Texas
4 years
In the county
about 1862
Reached Texas
1 year
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Anderson County

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"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Anderson County highlighted
Anderson County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

1 year

Denny 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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