Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Green Tears, Anderson County, Texas, 1867

Green Tears registered to vote in Anderson County on November 24, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 6 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 Georgia and Texas marked
Born in Georgia, registered in Anderson County, Texas
Georgia
Birthplace
15 years
In Texas
6 years
In the county
about 1852
Reached Texas
9 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1852 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Anderson County

Green Tears

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Green Tears
Place of birth
Georgia
County of registration
Anderson County
Registered
November 24, 1867
Years in Texas
15 years
Years in Anderson County
6 years
Years in Texas before Anderson County
9 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Anderson County highlighted
Anderson County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

9 years

Green Tears reported 9 years more in Texas than in Anderson County.

Other freedmen named Tears 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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