Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Phelim Beach, Colorado County, Texas, 1867

Phelim Beach registered to vote in Colorado County on July 20, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 25 years in Texas, 15 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 Virginia and Texas marked
Born in Virginia, registered in Colorado County, Texas
Virginia
Birthplace
25 years
In Texas
15 years
In the county
about 1842
Reached Texas
10 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1842 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Colorado County

Phelim Beach

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Phelim Beach
Place of birth
Virginia
County of registration
Colorado County
Precinct
96° 32'
Registered
July 20, 1867
Years in Texas
25 years
Years in Colorado County
15 years
Years in the precinct
15 years
Years in Texas before Colorado County
10 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

10 years

Phelim Beach reported 10 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.

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 18 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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