Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jerry Wells, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Jerry Wells registered to vote in Anderson County on July 29, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 25 years in Texas, 6 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 25 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- about 1842
- Reached Texas
- 19 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1842 to 1870
Jerry Wells
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jerry Wells
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- July 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 25 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 6 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 years
- Years in Texas before Anderson County
- 19 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
19 yearsJerry Wells reported 19 years more in Texas than in Anderson County.
Wellses 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 4 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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