Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Green Tears, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Green Tears registered to vote in Anderson County on August 1, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 6 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.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 6 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Anderson County
Green Tears
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Green Tears
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 1, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 6 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Tears in Anderson County
- Green Tearsborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1852
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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