Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Harry Foley, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Harry Foley registered to vote in Colorado County on July 19, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 31 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.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 31 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1836
- Reached Texas
- 30 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1836 to 1870
Harry Foley
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Harry Foley
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- July 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 31 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 30 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
30 yearsHarry Foley reported 30 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.
Other freedmen named Foley in Colorado County
- Andy Foleyborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1854
- John Foleyborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1851
- Lawrence Foleyborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1843
- Sam Foleyborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1855
- Samuel Foleyborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1842
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 15 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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