Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Edmond Hanley, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Edmond Hanley registered to vote in Colorado County on August 7, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 11 years in Texas, 2 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
- 11 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1856
- Reached Texas
- 9 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1856 to 1870
Edmond Hanley
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Edmond Hanley
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- August 7, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 11 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 9 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
9 yearsEdmond Hanley reported 9 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.
Hanleys 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 32 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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