Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jacob Witherspoon, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Jacob Witherspoon registered to vote in Anderson County on July 27, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 13 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 13 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
Jacob Witherspoon
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jacob Witherspoon
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 9
- Registered
- July 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 13 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Witherspoon in Anderson County
- Henry Witherspoonborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1851
Witherspoons 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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