Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Foster, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
James Foster registered to vote in Colorado County on July 20, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 5 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Colorado County
James Foster
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Foster
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- July 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 5 years
- Years in the precinct
- 5 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Foster in Colorado County
- Anthony Fosterborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1850
- James A. Fosterborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1859
- 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 20 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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