Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Wesley Green, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
John Wesley Green registered to vote in Colorado County on July 11, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 12 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
John Wesley Green
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Wesley Green
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- July 11, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearJohn Wesley Green reported 1 year more in Texas than in Colorado County.
Other freedmen named Green in Colorado County
- Aromas? Greenborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1855
- Burrell Greenborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1848
- Calvin Greenborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1854
- Dick Greenborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1862
- Frank Greenborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
Greens elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Green
- Greene 9
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 2 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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