Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James A. Foster, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
James A. Foster registered to vote in Colorado County on July 17, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 8 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.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
- 6 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
James A. Foster
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James A. Foster
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- July 17, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 6 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
6 yearsJames A. Foster reported 6 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.
Other freedmen named Foster in Colorado County
- Anthony Fosterborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1850
- James Fosterborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1862
- John Fosterborn in District of Columbia, reached Texas about 1857
- Joseph Fosterborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1837
Fosters 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 11 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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