Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Richard Granger, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Richard Granger registered to vote in Colorado County on August 8, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 22 years in Texas, 22 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 22 years
- In Texas
- 22 years
- In the county
- about 1845
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1845 to 1870
Richard Granger
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Richard Granger
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 46'
- Registered
- August 8, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 22 years
- Years in the precinct
- 22 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Granger in Colorado County
- James Grangerborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1841
- W. Grangerborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1846
Grangers 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 30 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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