Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Peter Word, Anderson County, Texas, 1869
Peter Word registered to vote in Anderson County on November 23, 1869. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 22 years in Texas, 22 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
- 22 years
- In Texas
- 22 years
- In the county
- about 1845
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1845 to 1870
Peter Word
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Peter Word
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Registered
- November 23, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 22 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Word in Anderson County
- Aaron Wordborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1850
- Robert Wordborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1855
Words 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 47 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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