Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Waters, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
George Waters registered to vote in Anderson County on August 26, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
George Waters
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Waters
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 9
- Registered
- August 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Waters in Anderson County
- Tim Watersborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1857
Waterses 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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