Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Edmund Farrell, Colorado County, Texas, 1867

Edmund Farrell registered to vote in Colorado County on August 22, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas, 5 of them in Colorado County. 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 South Carolina and Texas marked
Born in South Carolina, registered in Colorado County, Texas
South Carolina
Birthplace
6 years
In Texas
5 years
In the county
about 1861
Reached Texas
1 year
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From 1860 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Colorado County

Edmund Farrell

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Edmund Farrell
Place of birth
South Carolina
County of registration
Colorado County
Precinct
96° 32'
Registered
August 22, 1867
Years in Texas
6 years
Years in Colorado County
5 years
Years in the precinct
5 years
Years in Texas before Colorado County
1 year
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Colorado County highlighted
Colorado County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

1 year

Edmund Farrell reported 1 year more in Texas than in Colorado County.

Farrells elsewhere in Texas

All 2 freedmen named Farrell 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 44 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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