Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Hamilton Washington, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Hamilton Washington registered to vote in Anderson County on August 23, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 13 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
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 13 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
Hamilton Washington
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Hamilton Washington
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 13 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Washington in Anderson County
- George Washingtonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1854
- George Washingtonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1855
- George Washingtonborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1853
- George Washingtonborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1855
- Peter Washingtonborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1861
Washingtons 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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