Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Abraham Darden, Colorado County, Texas, 1867

Abraham Darden registered to vote in Colorado County on August 15, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 9 years in Texas, 3 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 Alabama and Texas marked
Born in Alabama, registered in Colorado County, Texas
Alabama
Birthplace
9 years
In Texas
3 years
In the county
about 1858
Reached Texas
6 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1858 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Colorado County

Abraham Darden

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Abraham Darden
Place of birth
Alabama
County of registration
Colorado County
Precinct
96° 32'
Registered
August 15, 1867
Years in Texas
9 years
Years in Colorado County
3 years
Years in the precinct
3 years
Years in Texas before Colorado County
6 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

6 years

Abraham Darden reported 6 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 41 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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