Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John George, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
John George registered to vote in Colorado County on August 14, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 4 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Colorado County
John George
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John George
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- August 14, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named George in Colorado County
- Frank Georgeborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1861
- Stephen Georgeborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1864
Georges 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 38 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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