Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Isaac Colton, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Isaac Colton registered to vote in Colorado County on August 14, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 9 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 9 years
- In Texas
- about 1858
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1858 to 1870
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In Colorado County
Isaac Colton
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Isaac Colton
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- August 14, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 9 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Coltons 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 38 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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