Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · page 22 of 28
Freedmen who registered in Colorado County, Texas
1,400 freedmen registered to vote in Colorado County, Texas, between 1867 and 1870. Open a name to read his entry and the original handwritten register page.
| Name | Birthplace | Reached Texas | Years in the county |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Rollsman | Alabama | 1855 | |
| Stephen Ross | Tennessee | 1848 | 7 |
| Thomas Ross | Missouri | 1864 | 1 |
| Samuel Roy | South Carolina | 1840 | 27 |
| Charles M. Royal | South Carolina | 1859 | 8 |
| Joseph Rucker | Georgia | 1859 | 1 |
| Joseph Rucker | Mississippi | 1860 | 2 |
| Gustave Sanders | Virginia | 1855 | 8 |
| Jackson Sanders | Louisiana | 1843 | 2 |
| Ned Sandford | Tennessee | 1863 | 3 |
| Andrew Sanges | Florida | 1842 | 25 |
| Robert Satem | Tennessee | 1852 | 15 |
| John Satterfield | Virginia | 1852 | 1 |
| Allen Scott | Louisiana | 1863 | 4 |
| Charles Scott | Kentucky | 1864 | 1 |
| Daniel Scott | Alabama | 1849 | 2 |
| Eli Scott | Mississippi | 1863 | 4 |
| John Scott | Virginia | 1859 | 8 |
| Natt Scott | Tennessee | 1854 | 13 |
| John Scranton | Texas | 1845 | 22 |
| Albert Sevenick | Tennessee | 1852 | 15 |
| Matt Seymore | Maryland | 1853 | 14 |
| Gustavus Shaw | District of Columbia | 1863 | 4 |
| Neil Shaw | Louisiana | 1854 | 15 |
| Samuel Shaw | Tennessee | 1859 | 1 |
| Ned Shelton | South Carolina | 1848 | 2 |
| James Shephard | Georgia | 1839 | |
| Sam Shephard | Georgia | 1839 | |
| John Sherrill | Tennessee | 1859 | 6 |
| George Shields | Texas | 1843 | 1 |
| William Shropshire | Georgia | 1859 | 8 |
| George Simmons | Kentucky | 1865 | 1 |
| Ned Simmons | Virginia | 1857 | 1 |
| Simon Simmons | Missouri | 1860 | 2 |
| Thomas Simmons | Virginia | 1845 | |
| William Simmons | South Carolina | 1856 | 2 |
| Isaac Simms | North Carolina | 1860 | 7 |
| Sydney Simons | Virginia | 1862 | 3 |
| Thomas Simons | Kentucky | 1849 | 15 |
| Edmund Simpson | North Carolina | 1851 | 16 |
| Washington Simpson | North Carolina | 1846 | |
| Ely Sims | South Carolina | 1854 | 15 |
| Henry Slaughter | Virginia | 1853 | 14 |
| William Sloan | North Carolina | 1855 | 11 |
| Anthony Smith | Mississippi | 1854 | 13 |
| Benjamin Smith | Virginia | 1855 | 12 |
| Caswell Smith | North Carolina | 1855 | 12 |
| David Smith | Mississippi | 1855 | 12 |
| George Smith | Texas | 1829 | 18 |
| Grandson Smith | North Carolina | 1855 | 12 |
Sources
These names come from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration, the Texas Secretary of State registration lists held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. Colorado County's entries were written out by hand, so registrars spelled each name as they heard it. About Enslaved Texas.
African American genealogy in Colorado County, Texas
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