Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Sam Glenn, Colorado County, Texas, 1867

Sam Glenn registered to vote in Colorado County on July 19, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 9 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with South Carolina and Texas marked
Born in South Carolina, registered in Colorado County, Texas
South Carolina
Birthplace
10 years
In Texas
9 years
In the county
about 1857
Reached Texas
1 year
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1857 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Colorado County

Sam Glenn

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Sam Glenn
Place of birth
South Carolina
County of registration
Colorado County
Precinct
96° 32'
Registered
July 19, 1867
Years in Texas
10 years
Years in Colorado County
9 years
Years in the precinct
9 years
Years in Texas before Colorado County
1 year
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Colorado County highlighted
Colorado County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

1 year

Sam Glenn reported 1 year more in Texas than in Colorado County.

Other freedmen named Glenn in Colorado County

  • Thomas Glennborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1853

Glenns elsewhere in Texas

All 14 freedmen named Glenn 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 16 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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