Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Thomas Atkins, Colorado County, Texas, 1867

Thomas Atkins registered to vote in Colorado County on July 11, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 18 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 Tennessee and Texas marked
Born in Tennessee, registered in Colorado County, Texas
Tennessee
Birthplace
18 years
In Texas
2 years
In the county
about 1849
Reached Texas
16 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1849 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Colorado County

Thomas Atkins

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Thomas Atkins
Place of birth
Tennessee
County of registration
Colorado County
Precinct
96° 32'
Registered
July 11, 1867
Years in Texas
18 years
Years in Colorado County
2 years
Years in the precinct
2 years
Years in Texas before Colorado County
16 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

16 years

Thomas Atkins reported 16 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.

Atkinses elsewhere in Texas

All 5 freedmen named Atkins in Texas

Variations of Atkins

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 Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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