Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Bob White, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Bob White registered to vote in Anderson County on August 6, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 11 years in Texas, 11 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 11 years
- In Texas
- 11 years
- In the county
- about 1856
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1856 to 1870
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In Anderson County
Bob White
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Bob White
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 12
- Registered
- August 6, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 11 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 11 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named White in Anderson County
- Clark Whiteborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1853
- Lewis Whiteborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1853
- William Whiteborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1855
Whites 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 13 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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