Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Andy Foley, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Andy Foley registered to vote in Colorado County on July 24, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 2 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
- 11 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
Andy Foley
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Andy Foley
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 23'
- Registered
- July 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 11 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
11 yearsAndy Foley reported 11 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.
Other freedmen named Foley in Colorado County
- Harry Foleyborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1836
- 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 21 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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