Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
W. Granger, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
W. Granger registered to vote in Colorado County on August 8, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 18 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
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 18 years
- In the county
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
W. Granger
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- W. Granger
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 46'
- Registered
- August 8, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 18 years
- Years in the precinct
- 18 years
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsW. Granger reported 3 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.
Other freedmen named Granger in Colorado County
- James Grangerborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1841
- Richard Grangerborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1845
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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