Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jonathan Breeding, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Jonathan Breeding registered to vote in Colorado County on July 12, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 28 years in Texas, 2 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 28 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- 26 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1839 to 1870
Jonathan Breeding
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jonathan Breeding
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- July 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 28 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 26 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
26 yearsJonathan Breeding reported 26 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.
Other freedmen named Breeding in Colorado County
- Jackson Breedingborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1842
Breedings 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 4 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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