Brazos County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Colton, Brazos County, Texas, 1867
George Colton registered to vote in Brazos County on July 1, 1867. He reported 4 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazos County registered 1,199 freedmen in 1867, 59% of its voters.
- 4 years
- In Texas
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Brazos County
George Colton
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Colton
- County of registration
- Brazos County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- July 1, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Coltons 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 17 of the Brazos County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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