Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jefferson Graves, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Jefferson Graves registered to vote in Colorado County on August 15, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 8 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
- 6 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
Jefferson Graves
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jefferson Graves
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- August 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 years
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 6 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
6 yearsJefferson Graves reported 6 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.
Graveses 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 42 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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