Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Teel, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
George Teel registered to vote in Anderson County on July 31, 1867. He reported Illinois as his birthplace and 17 years in Texas, 17 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Illinois
- Birthplace
- 17 years
- In Texas
- 17 years
- In the county
- about 1850
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1850 to 1870
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In Anderson County
George Teel
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Teel
- Place of birth
- Illinois
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 31, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 17 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 17 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Teels 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. Anderson County's entries fill 53 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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