Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Edwards, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
John Edwards registered to vote in Colorado County on July 12, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
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In Colorado County
John Edwards
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Edwards
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- July 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Edwards in Colorado County
- Walter Edwardsborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1850
Edwardses elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Edwards
- Edward 5
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 3 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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