Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Horace Winston, Anderson County, Texas, 1867

Horace Winston registered to vote in Anderson County on August 30, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 2 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Alabama and Texas marked
Born in Alabama, registered in Anderson County, Texas
Alabama
Birthplace
4 years
In Texas
2 years
In the county
about 1863
Reached Texas
2 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From 1860 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Anderson County

Horace Winston

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Horace Winston
Place of birth
Alabama
County of registration
Anderson County
Precinct
8
Registered
August 30, 1867
Years in Texas
4 years
Years in Anderson County
2 years
Years in the precinct
12 years
Years in Texas before Anderson County
2 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Anderson County highlighted
Anderson County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

2 years

Horace Winston reported 2 years more in Texas than in Anderson County.

Winstons elsewhere in Texas

All 11 freedmen named Winston 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 35 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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