Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Bracken, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
William Bracken registered to vote in Colorado County on July 20, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 23 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 23 years
- In Texas
- about 1844
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1844 to 1870
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In Colorado County
William Bracken
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Bracken
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- July 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 23 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Brackens 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 20 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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