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.
- 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
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"
Elsewhere in Texas
19 yearsJacob Banks reported 19 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.
Other freedmen named Banks in Colorado County
- Carroll Banksborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1852
- Charles Banksborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1854
- Chas Banksborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1850
- Chas Banksborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1854
- Henry Banksborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1848
Bankses 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 50 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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