Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Alfred Barnard, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Alfred Barnard registered to vote in Colorado County on July 11, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 8 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
Alfred Barnard
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Alfred Barnard
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- July 11, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 years
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsAlfred Barnard reported 2 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.
Barnards 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 1 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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