Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Sandy Erwin, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Sandy Erwin registered to vote in Colorado County on July 13, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 12 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
Sandy Erwin
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Sandy Erwin
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- July 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Erwin in Colorado County
- Mark Erwinborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1854
- Solomon Erwinborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1855
Erwins 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 5 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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