Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Samuel Foley, Colorado County, Texas, 1867

Samuel Foley registered to vote in Colorado County on August 12, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 25 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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Born in Texas, registered in Colorado County
Texas
Birthplace
25 years
In Texas
2 years
In the county
23 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1842 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Colorado County

Samuel Foley

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Samuel Foley
Place of birth
Texas
County of registration
Colorado County
Precinct
96° 32'
Registered
August 12, 1867
Years in Texas
25 years
Years in Colorado County
2 years
Years in the precinct
2 years
Years in Texas before Colorado County
23 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Colorado County highlighted
Colorado County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

23 years

Samuel Foley reported 23 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.

Other freedmen named Foley 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 35 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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