Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
David Bedford, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
David Bedford registered to vote in Colorado County on August 19, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 21 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
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In Colorado County
David Bedford
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- David Bedford
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- August 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 21 years
- Years in the precinct
- 21 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Bedford in Colorado County
- J.A. Bedfordborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1847
- Milton Bedfordborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1846
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 42 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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