Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Randall Beals, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Randall Beals registered to vote in Colorado County on July 15, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 12 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.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
- 10 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
Randall Beals
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Randall Beals
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- July 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 10 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
10 yearsRandall Beals reported 10 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.
Variations of Beals
- Beal 8
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 8 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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