Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Charles Bolden, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Charles Bolden registered to vote in Colorado County on August 19, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 27 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.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 27 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1840
- Reached Texas
- 25 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1840 to 1870
Charles Bolden
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Charles Bolden
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- August 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 27 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 25 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
25 yearsCharles Bolden reported 25 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.
Other freedmen named Bolden in Colorado County
- Aaron Boldenborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1853
- Alex Boldenborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1853
- Chas Boldenborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1843
Boldens 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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