Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
David Ballard, Colorado County, Texas, 1869
David Ballard registered to vote in Colorado County on November 20, 1869. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 3 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
- 17 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
David Ballard
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- David Ballard
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- November 20, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 17 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
17 yearsDavid Ballard reported 17 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.
Ballards 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 54 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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