Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Hamilton Green, Colorado County, Texas, 1867

Hamilton Green registered to vote in Colorado County on August 13, 1867. He reported Florida as his birthplace and 30 years in Texas, 30 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Florida and Texas marked
Born in Florida, registered in Colorado County, Texas
Florida
Birthplace
30 years
In Texas
30 years
In the county
about 1837
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1837 to 1870

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In Colorado County

Hamilton Green

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Hamilton Green
Place of birth
Florida
County of registration
Colorado County
Precinct
96° 32'
Registered
August 13, 1867
Years in Texas
30 years
Years in Colorado County
30 years
Years in the precinct
30 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Colorado County highlighted
Colorado County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Green in Colorado County

Greens elsewhere in Texas

All 225 freedmen named Green in Texas

Variations of Green

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 37 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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