Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Bradshaw, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
William Bradshaw registered to vote in Colorado County on August 2, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 8 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
William Bradshaw
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Bradshaw
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 42'
- Registered
- August 2, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Bradshaw in Colorado County
- Green Bradshawborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1861
- Ramsey Bradshawborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1859
Bradshaws 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 27 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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