Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Butcher Douglas, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Butcher Douglas registered to vote in Colorado County on August 15, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 1 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
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 14 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Butcher Douglas
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Butcher Douglas
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- August 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 14 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
14 yearsButcher Douglas reported 14 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.
Other freedmen named Douglas in Colorado County
- Benjamin Douglasborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1850
Douglases elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Douglas
- Douglass 27
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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