Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Westley Binford, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Westley Binford registered to vote in Colorado County on August 3, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 14 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
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 14 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
Westley Binford
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Westley Binford
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 42'
- Registered
- August 3, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 14 years
- Years in the precinct
- 14 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Binford in Colorado County
- Isaac Binfordborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1859
- Willis Binfordborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1853
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 28 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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