Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Leonard Carroll, Colorado County, Texas, 1869
Leonard Carroll registered to vote in Colorado County on November 16, 1869. He reported Maryland as his birthplace and 14 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.
- Maryland
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
- 12 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
Leonard Carroll
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Leonard Carroll
- Place of birth
- Maryland
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- November 16, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
12 yearsLeonard Carroll reported 12 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.
Carrolls 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 48 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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