Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Witherspoon, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Henry Witherspoon registered to vote in Anderson County on August 12, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 16 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
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 16 years
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
Henry Witherspoon
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Witherspoon
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 7
- Registered
- August 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 16 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Witherspoon in Anderson County
- Jacob Witherspoonborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1854
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 18 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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