Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Robert Buseley, Colorado County, Texas, 1867

Robert Buseley registered to vote in Colorado County on August 8, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored Erased" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Kentucky and Texas marked
Born in Kentucky, registered in Colorado County, Texas
Kentucky
Birthplace
14 years
In Texas
about 1853
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1853 to 1870

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In Colorado County

Robert Buseley

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Robert Buseley
Place of birth
Kentucky
County of registration
Colorado County
Precinct
96° 32'
Registered
August 8, 1867
Years in Texas
14 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored Erased"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Colorado County highlighted
Colorado County on the 1870 county map

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

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