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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Virginia and Texas marked
Born in Virginia, registered in Colorado County, Texas
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

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Colorado County

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"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Colorado County highlighted
Colorado County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

12 years

David Booker reported 12 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.

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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