Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Alexander Weir, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Alexander Weir registered to vote in Anderson County on August 21, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 21 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
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In Anderson County
Alexander Weir
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Alexander Weir
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 21 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Weirs 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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