Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Ben Conner, Colorado County, Texas, 1869

Ben Conner registered to vote in Colorado County on November 20, 1869. He reported Arkansas as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 10 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 Arkansas and Texas marked
Born in Arkansas, registered in Colorado County, Texas
Arkansas
Birthplace
21 years
In Texas
10 years
In the county
about 1848
Reached Texas
11 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1848 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Colorado County

Ben Conner

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Ben Conner
Place of birth
Arkansas
County of registration
Colorado County
Precinct
96° 32'
Registered
November 20, 1869
Years in Texas
21 years
Years in Colorado County
10 years
Years in the precinct
10 years
Years in Texas before Colorado County
11 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Colorado County highlighted
Colorado County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

11 years

Ben Conner reported 11 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 55 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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