Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Willis Foote, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Willis Foote registered to vote in Colorado County on August 13, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 8 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
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
- 4 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
Willis Foote
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Willis Foote
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- August 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 years
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 4 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
4 yearsWillis Foote reported 4 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.
Other freedmen named Foote in Colorado County
- Lewis Footeborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1859
- Lewis Jr. Footeborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1859
Footes elsewhere in Texas
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 36 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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