Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Harrison Coberry, Colorado County, Texas, 1867

Harrison Coberry registered to vote in Colorado County on August 13, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 14 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.

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

What the register records

From about 1853 to 1870

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In Colorado County

Harrison Coberry

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Harrison Coberry
Place of birth
Virginia
County of registration
Colorado County
Precinct
96° 32'
Registered
August 13, 1867
Years in Texas
14 years
Years in Colorado County
14 years
Years in the precinct
14 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
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. Colorado County's entries fill 64 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.

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