Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
David Booker, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
David Booker registered to vote in Colorado County on August 19, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 1 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
- 12 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
David Booker
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- David Booker
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- August 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
12 yearsDavid Booker reported 12 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.
Bookers 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 43 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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