Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Adam Tatum, Anderson County, Texas, 1869
Adam Tatum registered to vote in Anderson County on November 26, 1869. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas, 5 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 6 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Adam Tatum
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Adam Tatum
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Registered
- November 26, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 5 years
- Years in Texas before Anderson County
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearAdam Tatum reported 1 year more in Texas than in Anderson County.
Tatums 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 51 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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