Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Albert Ashberry, Colorado County, Texas, 1869
Albert Ashberry registered to vote in Colorado County on November 24, 1869. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 16 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 16 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
Albert Ashberry
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Albert Ashberry
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- November 24, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 16 years
- Years in the precinct
- 16 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Ashberrys 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 60 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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