Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Frank Figins, Colorado County, Texas, 1869
Frank Figins registered to vote in Colorado County on November 20, 1869. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 25 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.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 25 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1844
- Reached Texas
- 24 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1844 to 1870
Frank Figins
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Frank Figins
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- November 20, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 25 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 24 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
24 yearsFrank Figins reported 24 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.
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 55 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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