Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Jacob Banks, Colorado County, Texas, 1869

Jacob Banks registered to vote in Colorado County on November 17, 1869. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 1 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 North Carolina and Texas marked
Born in North Carolina, registered in Colorado County, Texas
North Carolina
Birthplace
20 years
In Texas
1 year
In the county
about 1849
Reached Texas
19 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1849 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Colorado County

Jacob Banks

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Jacob Banks
Place of birth
North Carolina
County of registration
Colorado County
Precinct
96° 32'
Registered
November 17, 1869
Years in Texas
20 years
Years in Colorado County
1 year
Years in the precinct
1 year
Years in Texas before Colorado County
19 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

19 years

Jacob Banks reported 19 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.

Other freedmen named Banks in Colorado County

Bankses elsewhere in Texas

All 67 freedmen named Banks 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 50 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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