Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Frank George, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Frank George registered to vote in Colorado County on August 8, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas, 6 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
- 6 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Frank George
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Frank George
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- August 8, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 6 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named George in Colorado County
- John Georgeborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1863
- 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 33 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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