Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Christopher Columbus, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Christopher Columbus registered to vote in Colorado County on July 20, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 12 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
Christopher Columbus
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Christopher Columbus
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- July 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsChristopher Columbus reported 2 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.
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 18 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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