Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Willis Glover, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Willis Glover registered to vote in Colorado County on July 18, 1867. He reported South Carolina 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.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Willis Glover
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Willis Glover
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- July 18, 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 Glover in Colorado County
- Thomas Gloverborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1863
- William Gloverborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1862
Glovers 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 13 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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