Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Dillard, Colorado County, Texas, 1869
John Dillard registered to vote in Colorado County on November 19, 1869. He reported Mississippi 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.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 14 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
John Dillard
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Dillard
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- November 19, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 14 years
- Years in the precinct
- 14 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Dillards 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 52 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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