Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Caldwell, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
John Caldwell registered to vote in Colorado County on August 15, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 24 years in Texas, 24 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
- 24 years
- In Texas
- 24 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1843 to 1870
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In Colorado County
John Caldwell
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Caldwell
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- August 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 24 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 24 years
- Years in the precinct
- 24 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Caldwell in Colorado County
- Fabius Caldwellborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1852
Caldwells 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 41 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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