Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Carroll Banks, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Carroll Banks registered to vote in Colorado County on July 18, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 15 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.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 13 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Carroll Banks
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Carroll Banks
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- July 18, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 13 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
13 yearsCarroll Banks reported 13 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.
Other freedmen named Banks in Colorado County
- 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
- Jackson Banksborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1859
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 15 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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