Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Solomon Foley, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Solomon Foley registered to vote in Colorado County on July 20, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 29 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.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 29 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1838
- Reached Texas
- 28 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1838 to 1870
Solomon Foley
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Solomon Foley
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- July 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 29 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 28 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
28 yearsSolomon Foley reported 28 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.
Other freedmen named Foley in Colorado County
- Andy Foleyborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1854
- 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
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 18 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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