Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Milton Bedford, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Milton Bedford registered to vote in Colorado County on July 18, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 21 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.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
- 6 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
Milton Bedford
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Milton Bedford
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- July 18, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 15 years
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 6 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
6 yearsMilton Bedford reported 6 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.
Other freedmen named Bedford in Colorado County
- David Bedfordborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
- J.A. Bedfordborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1847
Bedfords 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 14 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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