Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Sam Wagoner, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Sam Wagoner registered to vote in Anderson County on July 29, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 36 years in Texas, 36 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 36 years
- In Texas
- 36 years
- In the county
- about 1831
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1831 to 1870
Sam Wagoner
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Sam Wagoner
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- July 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 36 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 36 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Wagoners 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 5 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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