Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Dorman, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
James Dorman registered to vote in Colorado County on July 16, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 4 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Colorado County
James Dorman
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Dorman
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- July 16, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 10 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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