Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
David Branch, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
David Branch registered to vote in Colorado County on July 26, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 28 years in Texas, 12 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
- 28 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1839
- Reached Texas
- 16 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1839 to 1870
David Branch
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- David Branch
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 21'
- Registered
- July 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 28 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 16 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
16 yearsDavid Branch reported 16 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.
Branches 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 24 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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