Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Blackburn, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Henry Blackburn registered to vote in Colorado County on August 15, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 25 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.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 25 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- In the county
- about 1842
- Reached Texas
- 4 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1842 to 1870
Henry Blackburn
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Blackburn
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- August 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 25 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 21 years
- Years in the precinct
- 21 years
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 4 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
4 yearsHenry Blackburn reported 4 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.
Other freedmen named Blackburn in Colorado County
- William Blackburnborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1854
Blackburns 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 40 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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