Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Theodore Aldridge, Colorado County, Texas, 1867

Theodore Aldridge registered to vote in Colorado County on July 27, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 25 years in Texas, 2 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Georgia and Texas marked
Born in Georgia, registered in Colorado County, Texas
Georgia
Birthplace
25 years
In Texas
2 years
In the county
about 1842
Reached Texas
23 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1842 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Colorado County

Theodore Aldridge

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Theodore Aldridge
Place of birth
Georgia
County of registration
Colorado County
Precinct
96° 21'
Registered
July 27, 1867
Years in Texas
25 years
Years in Colorado County
2 years
Years in the precinct
2 years
Years in Texas before Colorado County
23 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Colorado County highlighted
Colorado County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

23 years

Theodore Aldridge reported 23 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.

Aldridges elsewhere in Texas

All 3 freedmen named Aldridge 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 24 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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