Collin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Geo D. Wade, Collin County, Texas, 1867
Geo D. Wade registered to vote in Collin County on Jul. 8 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas, 5 of them in Collin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Collin County registered 270 freedmen in 1867, 15% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 6 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Geo D. Wade
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Geo D. Wade
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Collin County
- Precinct
- 7
- Registered
- Jul. 8 1867
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Collin County
- 5 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 years
- Years in Texas before Collin County
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearGeo D. Wade reported 1 year more in Texas than in Collin County.
Wades 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 2 of the Collin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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