Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Hamilton, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
John Hamilton registered to vote in Colorado County on July 12, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 35 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 35 years
- In Texas
- about 1832
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1832 to 1870
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In Colorado County
John Hamilton
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Hamilton
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- July 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 35 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Hamiltons 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 4 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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