Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Jimins Dudley, Colorado County, Texas, 1867

Jimins Dudley registered to vote in Colorado County on August 7, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas. 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 North Carolina and Texas marked
Born in North Carolina, registered in Colorado County, Texas
North Carolina
Birthplace
16 years
In Texas
about 1851
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1851 to 1870

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In Colorado County

Jimins Dudley

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Jimins Dudley
Place of birth
North Carolina
County of registration
Colorado County
Precinct
96° 32'
Registered
August 7, 1867
Years in Texas
16 years
Naturalized, when
"July 30, 1860"
Naturalized, where
"County Court, Fayette County"
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Colorado County highlighted
Colorado County on the 1870 county map

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 32 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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