Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Robert Wafford, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Robert Wafford registered to vote in Anderson County on August 13, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 17 years in Texas, 7 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 17 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1850
- Reached Texas
- 10 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1850 to 1870
Robert Wafford
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Robert Wafford
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 7
- Registered
- August 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 17 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 7 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Years in Texas before Anderson County
- 10 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
10 yearsRobert Wafford reported 10 years more in Texas than in Anderson County.
Other freedmen named Wafford in Anderson County
- David Waffordborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1851
- George Waffordborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1855
- Jesse Waffordborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1855
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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