Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Choice, Colorado County, Texas, 1869
John Choice registered to vote in Colorado County on November 16, 1869. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 21 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- In the county
- about 1848
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1848 to 1870
John Choice
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Choice
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- November 16, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 21 years
- Years in the precinct
- 21 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Choices 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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