Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Felix Bridge, Colorado County, Texas, 1867

Felix Bridge registered to vote in Colorado County on July 19, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 19 years in Texas, 9 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 North Carolina and Texas marked
Born in North Carolina, registered in Colorado County, Texas
North Carolina
Birthplace
19 years
In Texas
9 years
In the county
about 1848
Reached Texas
10 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1848 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Colorado County

Felix Bridge

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Felix Bridge
Place of birth
North Carolina
County of registration
Colorado County
Precinct
96° 32'
Registered
July 19, 1867
Years in Texas
19 years
Years in Colorado County
9 years
Years in the precinct
9 years
Years in Texas before Colorado County
10 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

10 years

Felix Bridge reported 10 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.

Variations of Bridge

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 17 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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