Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Wordson Bryan, Colorado County, Texas, 1867

Wordson Bryan registered to vote in Colorado County on July 17, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 5 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.

Born in Virginia, registered in Colorado County, Texas

Virginia
Birthplace: 5 years
In Texas: 5 years
In the county: about 1862
Reached Texas

What the register records

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In Colorado County

Wordson Bryan

Texas

Name: Wordson Bryan
Place of birth: Virginia
County of registration: Colorado County
Precinct: 96° 32'
Registered: July 17, 1867
Years in Texas: 5 years
Years in Colorado County: 5 years
Years in the precinct: 5 years
Remarks, as written: "Colored"

Colorado County on the 1870 county map

Bryans elsewhere in Texas

All 15 freedmen named Bryan in Texas

Variations of Bryan

Bryant 53

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

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